Recent content by Malcolmkk

I never realised that you should have 240v between earth and live, in a way it makes sense now after thinking about it. Previously I have only tested to see if the cables were dead prior to working on sockets or switches so have not come accross this before. The 130v reading was from an earth...

In my new house which has been recently rewired I went to replace the outside light, in trying to find out where the cable terminated I discovered 240v between Live and earth in addition to live and neutral. This would suggest that a neutral wire or connection is touching earth, probably onto a...