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This seems to be your only check so far. It is not very useful or meaningful I'm afraid. A voltage detector can't measure current or even 'juice', and will see voltages all over the place. With a two pole voltage measurement device you could well find a broken or badly made connection somewhere...

I looked at one of those (with the extra shaver socket), but then thought about how the toothbrush charger base looks after a few months of toothpaste dripping onto it, however careful you are. When it's a separate item it's easy to change when it gets really foul.

Thank god we have the internet to teach us all basic physics!

Sh*t happens - no-one said the world had to be fair.

And the third earth should be connected to the other two.

Out of interest, is this for a rental (presumably)?

Very likely...

I think you're about 40 years out of date. You shouldn't really guess at things like this as it could cause people trouble. It is the householder's responsibility. Also accusing people of criminal acts is libel.

However, if you took that to mean connecting the scope earth to one of the two terminals, you would see just smoke. You would need at least a differential scope. Just saying in case someone tries it.

I know what I would do - and I've done worse! (with extreme care).

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Sounds good. I've had experience of florescent lights creating quite bad spikes when being switched off.

Does your downstairs loo have a CFL bulb?

Suggest you spend some time on a forum devoted to wind and solar power. In general people's results from this kind of project are very disappointing. You need a massive mast, and need no houses or trees in the area. Typically a field may do. I have read endless tales of woe about wind turbines...

So you're going to just connect it up without the fuse?

May depend how deep the cable was buried!

Unless you have more knowledge than the person who originally designed the circuit it is unwise to leave out a fuse that was in the original design.

Could we see the picture of the original switch still connected?

To overcome all these issues, couldn't you just put in a flexible conduit with pull-strings, so the correct wires can be pulled in when you are sure what they are?

I was rather surprised to learn last week that the french call such a word a possessive adjective (I 've always thought of it as a possessive pronoun - but when you think about it that is illogical).