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Sorry John, I wasn't trying to lay it all on you :) Inspired by your question I sauntered off to find my neon, now as it happens I have three :) Two of the push-button with spring inside types and one that just has a metal cap. Now I never use them (normally) to detect electricity so for...

I agree with you both :) My problem as a lowly domestic consumer is that finding someone who has the right combination of skill, experience and attitude is astonishingly difficult and I could very easily work my through the phone book, or Check-a-trade and never find someone who knows what to do...

Sorry John, missed your post. so you're suggesting that a possible answer might be that Live and Neutral have been reversed inside the property.. that being the case, wouldn't that have come up at some time in the past? I had a kitchen fitted in about 2006/07 and that was independently...

:lol: I don't know what one looks like RF Lighting, or what the test would constitute. I think the trouble is with the majority of tradesmen (in my experience) is that as much as they hate clueless people, they don't take too well to being asked about the details of their tests...

Totally agree flameport, and if I had the skill/equipment I'd not rest until I found it, but getting the same response from most people is difficult! I suppose I'm targeting something that will fail safe at least, and it's a reasonable upgrade anyway as it brings the CU up to date..?

I just had someone round, and while he was fairly nonplussed, he did hazard a guess that it may be an earth/neutral leak on the lighting circuit (picking up on my observation that it seems to decreases if the light circuit is off)... As a matter of safety I've asked him to quote for putting...

Indeed, my worry now is how many electricians do I need to see before someone find something, there's a lot of trial and error getting someone good in...

Hmmm, so the electrician has been. He went around the house testing with a multi-function meter, he said that the earth to the house is all fine, he was plugging it into sockets and testing against radiator pipes, then against radiator pipes to the shower, in what appeared to be differing...

You're correct JohnD, there is a sticker that say PME Terminal in the meter box, so that answers one question. Based on your previous post, that (to my simple mind!) makes the problem much more likely to be inside the house than related to the house itself not being properly earthed...?

Ah interesting, making it more likely to be an internal fault (assuming it is PME), bringing back into the frame the lighting circuit as a possible culprit (I realise we're into conjecture here, but it's useful to help me think through the possibilities :) Understood, thank you :)

That's really interesting bernardgreen... It prompts a few questions in my mind: Our house is a 1997 build so would guess it is likely to be a TT supply? That kind of implies we've always had this problem but I've not noticed it until relatively recently? Or, possibly the grounding...

Hi bernardgreen, no, no underfloor heating... if it was the whole earthing system for the house, any thoughts on how that becomes faulty over time? While I noticed this a while ago, it hasn't been like this forever, would I be right in reading something about loads of rain affecting earthing...

Thanks for the reply, I'm really grateful for any pointers at this stage. I've been wracking my brains as you might imagine, wondering what might have triggered the problem. I then started to think that it has been happening a while and I'd just dismissed it as sore fingers (with it being so...

They are both shower trays bernardgreen. I have only ever experienced the tingling when having a shower, i.e. stood in it soaking wet, so my feet are only in contact with the tray, which is plastic. We also have a shower over the bath which is in the main bathroom, separate to the two I've...

It's all fed off a gas boiler, but of course the boiler needs electricity to work, which is I think what you might mean? :) Yes, although having Googled a bit, I'm not the only person to have observed this for a similar set of symptoms... He/she may be fine, but you know what some...

Hi all, Just after some pointers please, I have an electrician via my Homecare agreement coming out tomorrow to have a look, as fiddling with electrics is well outside of my comfort zone. Essentially, when the shower is in use I can feel a mild tingling when in contact with the metal...

Thanks all for the comments, unfortunately it wasn't made clear to my elderly in-laws how the pipe run was going to be set up, it was a fairly rough time for my father-in-law and I didn't want them feeling like I was wading in and taking over... although I do regret it now to be honest...

Hi all, I'm interested in your considered views of this installation and also thoughts on an issue. My mother-in-law had her conventional boiler replaced by a local fitter with a Gloworm Combi, I can't recall the model off hand, but if it's important will find out. Looking at the...