This is more of a telling off for my own carelessness and a reminder that LABELS ON A UNIT MIGHT NOT BE CORRECT and you can't trust them, unless you did the install....
While not a disaster, it could have been.
Our house is 15 years old. Extension is 10. We bought it 14 months ago and I've been sorting out bodged DIY projects from the previous owner since.
While placing a light switch face plate back, after measuring the backbox depth for a replacement, I got a minor shock - despite the "UPSTAIRS LIGHTS" isolator being off.
Carelessly I hadn't tested the live connection on the switch itself when I unscrewed it.
(I've triple-checked for live currents as I'm very careful, but I lapsed tonight.)
Turns out the lights are wired into the "SMOKE ALARM" ring. Nice.
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Oddly, I'm not sure why the RCD didn't flip when I got the shock...seems odd?
While not a disaster, it could have been.
Our house is 15 years old. Extension is 10. We bought it 14 months ago and I've been sorting out bodged DIY projects from the previous owner since.
While placing a light switch face plate back, after measuring the backbox depth for a replacement, I got a minor shock - despite the "UPSTAIRS LIGHTS" isolator being off.
Carelessly I hadn't tested the live connection on the switch itself when I unscrewed it.
(I've triple-checked for live currents as I'm very careful, but I lapsed tonight.)
Turns out the lights are wired into the "SMOKE ALARM" ring. Nice.
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Oddly, I'm not sure why the RCD didn't flip when I got the shock...seems odd?