I have a 3-way lighting switch and a standard dual switched electrical socket that seem to have the same problem. There is leaking current from the plastic portions of the switches. It is not static. I can use a neon tester screwdriver and the light from the neon will increase the closer I hold it to the switch (like a little rheostat) until its maximum if I wedge it into the crack. There is NO voltage present at the earth/mounting screws. Measured with an analogue multimeter, I read about 5-15 volts. My wife HAS felt this (I thought she was crazy for quite a while) and I finally got zapped today.
In my little head, this can ONLY be a faulty switch, but because this has happened to both a light switch and an outlet, AND we are having random (or not so random) RCD trips, I wanted to get some advice. I am more than capable of replacing fittings, and indeed have replaced the double socket (I am going out to get a replacement SPDT switch as I didn't have one handy)
What can cause this? These are oldish, MK fittings. The house was a bodge job, and I have been making good, but I am worried there is something worse lurking.
In my little head, this can ONLY be a faulty switch, but because this has happened to both a light switch and an outlet, AND we are having random (or not so random) RCD trips, I wanted to get some advice. I am more than capable of replacing fittings, and indeed have replaced the double socket (I am going out to get a replacement SPDT switch as I didn't have one handy)
What can cause this? These are oldish, MK fittings. The house was a bodge job, and I have been making good, but I am worried there is something worse lurking.