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OK you mains tester "Hater's". I purchased one of those sockets testers at Maplins Picture at http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/full/9800i0.jpg It confirmed what i had said in previous posts that all the sockets in the house according to the socket tester are OK except the one in the...

your right I did use a mains tester. I am not sure what a multimeter or the device display in an ealier post will prove. I have alreadly had a electic shock. What I am attempting to do is trace the wiring to it's source.

yep I have isolated the affected sockets ( i have disconnected the wiring in the sockets.I have put the wiring into terminal blocks and sealed them in insulation tape. I can't switch the power off to them as I don't know where they are getting their power from ! if I then the circuit breaker...

I have checked every socket in the house and the wiring appears to be fine. I have discovered that it affects only 3 sockets. two in the same bedroom and the one in the kitchen. My house was built in the late sixties. No I havn't got a tester like shown in the picture.

thanks your response. I got another nasty shock from the kitchen wall socket that I mentioned when I cleaning my George Foreman grill with a wet kitchen towel it was only plugged into the socket and was switched off!

I have been decorating my kitchen and I took of the wall sockets to do the tiling. However, I have discovered when I put then back on the wall that one of the sockets has a "live" earth. (the mains tester is showing the earth wire as live) I also got an electric socket when screwing it back on...