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I never felt the tingle anywhere except at the site of cuts, with my feet and the rest of me never noticing. I guess the nerves exposed by any nicks, coupled with the lower resistance of wet feet are very similar to the way you can check a 1.5V battery using your tongue, but get nothing just...

When you placed your hands in the water from the tap, you felt it if you had bare feet and any slight nicks in the skin. It felt like a burning sensation.

Btw, during the winter I can measure a current of over 200mA between the PME terminal and my local earth if I connect the two with an ammeter (they PME terminal is now only accessible outside in the meter cupboard under an insulated cover, so there is no chance of a casual connection by wire or...

Hi, I'm interested in views on an Earthing problem and my solution. We're in a rural property, with about 10 houses spread out over an area, some (including our own) up to about 100m from a pole mounted transformer. All were built around 1999, and have PME supplies. When we...

I've inherited a house with a TT system and a spattering of Single Pole RCBOs on the ring main circuits (previous occupant apparently had them installed along with a new panel as an "upgrade"), and I can tell you exactly why they are a bad idea. The whole point of RCBOs is to give you greater...