Voltage in shower waste!

[7029 dave]

Last I heard he was wearing a snorkel, in the garden pond, trying to megger the gold fish.....

Hope he's got his rubbers on.

 

[skydog23]

" The purpose of connecting the customer's system to ground is to limit the voltage that may develop if high voltage conductors fall down onto lower-voltage conductors which are usually mounted lower to the ground, or if a failure occurs within a distribution transformer. If all conductive objects are bonded to the same earth grounding system, the risk of electric shock is minimized. However, multiple connections between the utility ground and customer ground can lead to stray voltage problems; customer piping, swimming pools or other equipment may develop objectionable voltages. These problems may be difficult to resolve since they often originate from places other than the customer's premises. "

Just found this on the net,
It may help your quest, although it does say it may be difficult to resolve lol.
I'm keen to hear your findings .
May you get to the source my friend.

 

[Wonderwall]

Poor effort not keeping us informed after all the help given here.

 

[BillyTheSparks]

Poor effort not keeping us informed after all the help given here.

It looks like we're going to have to go to the IET forum to find out...

 

[jimmyjazz]

I've had same with 'tingly taps' post a while ago, finishing with SEB digging hole and repairing joint, the end.......no, after this was called in again as fault returned. Bloody macerator was faulty. Have you got one in the system?

 

[Knobhead]

Here's the link to Jimmy's topic

http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk...eral-electrical-forum/21227-tingley-taps.html

It was a good one.

 

[Billythekid]

Purplemaf,

Have you resolved the issue? If you would like a fresh pair of eyes to assist you let me know-assuming the job's not ridiculously far away (Portsmouth area).

Regards

Billy

 

[skydog23]

Would you please let us know if you ever resolved this, curiosity is killing me now I just remembered this post ?

 

[VoltzElectrical]

I can't believe I just read the whole nine pages to be left with this! Ban Him!

 

[Rockingit]

I can't believe I just read the whole nine pages to be left with this! Ban Him!

LOL. I have a suspicion the answer (or more of the same) is over on the IET forum....just can't be arsed to go and look!

 

[Geoffsd]

No. No result there either.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

TBH, he could have re-wired the whole house in half the time he spent finding that mysterious fault!

 

[Lucien Nunes]

What puzzles me is that we never got past the first hurdle, i.e. was the water-filled pipe introducing true earth to a system with a floating MET or was the pipe live? I wonder just how accurate the description of the scenario was...

 

[telectrix]

he must have a rather smelly customer by now.

 

[Rockingit]

The cynic in me says that the whole thread was just a big red herring and the OP was completely off the deep end with what was actually something really simple and/or a complete misunderstanding through lack of experience.

 

[telectrix]

cause is obvious. electric eel residing in waste trap.

 

[PEG]

cause is obvious. electric eel residing in waste trap.

I hope his testing gear is suitable for the class of voltage associated with an electric eel,650 volts those suckers can produce....there,i've got the last word on a biblical thread...

 

[Phoenix]

Oh No you haven't!!!

Panto, sorry, couldn't resist!

 

[shanky887614]

I hope his testing gear is suitable for the class of voltage associated with an electric eel,650 volts those suckers can produce....there,i've got the last word on a biblical thread...

I hear eel's make good eating