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Plus I'll feel like I've wasted everyone's attention! If we are talking about 'induced voltage', then any changes in any electrical circuits in the vicinity of the bathroom could have an effect. Are there any other electrical things in the vicinity (heated towel rails, fans, immersion heaters...

I know what you mean :) My wife is very fed up with my scratching my head :D I am beginning to think, as you said earlier in the thread, that this might well be me being more sensitive to it, and then having noticed it started to investigate and found odd things that probably go on all the...

So we have : A negligible difference between the house and true of 0.2v-0.5v A difference between the shower waste and shower of 1.9v - 5.9v (depending on how wet it is apparently). So if the house is only 0.5v different to earth, is it reasonable/acceptable that I'd be picking up 1.5v...

Okay did it, I used a 6 inch screw as my rod into absolutely rain sodden grass :) Got an extension, and old bit of cable and spare plug, check continuity between the radiator and the earth pin of the extension lead plug, all good. Reading between earth pin and rod/screw was 0.2v, rising to...

I have got an extension lead, so you're thinking, plug the extension lead into a socket, run it within reaching distance of the rod and then take a voltage reading between the earth pin of the extension lead and the ground rod?

Understood, I'm just trying to figure out what I have in the house/garage I can use as my meter probes are fairly short...

lol, had my serious head on for a minute there. To be honest fella's you're seeing a lot of the inside of my house just now, but the last thing you need to see is me using my tool for unintended purposes :D

Do you mean don't do the pipework to true earth test ban-all-sheds?

:) I will have a think about how I do that bernardgreen, are you thinking that I measure between a radiator and true ground? I'll go and see if I can find a short metal rod :) and dig my willies out too :)

Sorry flyingsparks, almost missed your question. I am 99% certain there wasn't a pump there, we've had the house for 14 years, the previous owners had it form new for about two and a half. There's no evidence anywhere in the loft (or anywhere else) of anything being installed, no orphaned...

Ignoring the fact that in that event I've wasted the time of you good people, I am very attracted to the idea that I am just being hyper-observant, and am in fact experiencing what many don't normally notice. That said, I continue to investigate... I couldn't get any "reading" off my volt-pen...

Thanks mate :) I have called BG, they're coming on Saturday AM, Will update when they've been, although as you can see I'm keeping at it :) I've had a mooch around in the loft and not found anything of interest. Except for the fact that if I lean on a particular roof strut and put my volt-pen...

I understand the logic, if nothing else :) The drain outlet in the shower tray you mean? Would anyone normally put an earth to something like that? JUst bear in mind, I've felt the effect in my wifes shower also, although I couldn't get the same result with my volt pen today... [Edit]...

Hi Jackrae :) As much as I like a mystery, this one is a bit painful... During the video the bathroom light was on, but this morning when I did the tests I listed out, I switched the light off and it had no effect, with the light off voltage still appeared to be detected. However, when the...

I just checked the details of the guy who came out last night, he is NAPIT registered to Electrical Inspector level, which I think is the top certification? Would still like to know if I can usefully use my multimeter for anything too? :)

Ah got you, I will be trying again tomorrow morning so will report back if I see anything. I'm also going up in the loft in a bit to see if I can see anything obvious. One more thing team :) I have a multimeter, is there any valid test you can think of that I can do using that? At the...

How do you mean EFL? I don't have anything that shows a reading, just things that light up :) Although I do have a multimeter...

That's it really, I can't condemn my whole house indefinitely for a fault I can't reliably demonstrate and nobody can find... despite knowing it's there... I was also curious about the EMF comment. bernardgreen - I am still thinking that I am somehow contributing to the problem, I did the...

You're right, I'm just a bit frustrated as I thought I had a test I could keep doing and therefore being able to demonstrate to someone, but now I haven't... maybe it needs to be more damp/steam in that room to get it to happen reliably. I've been going through in my mind, is anything on or...

... and now, oddly, I can't recreate it...