Hi there,
I am currently installing a couple of outdoor lights on to my garage. As I want the additional two lights to work of the same supply and switch as the existing outdoor light, I have spurred the new lighting circuit of this using standard three core lighting cable. The spur goes into an additional fused shut off switch and junction box which will link to two new lights together. When the supply is switch on to the new circuit and even with the new shut off switch being off, the earth cable appears to have current passing through it when I hold my tester to it. Is this possible? Is this static electricity or do you think there is some kind of leak within the cable? When the supply is switch off the earth cable does not light the tester. Please advise.
I am currently installing a couple of outdoor lights on to my garage. As I want the additional two lights to work of the same supply and switch as the existing outdoor light, I have spurred the new lighting circuit of this using standard three core lighting cable. The spur goes into an additional fused shut off switch and junction box which will link to two new lights together. When the supply is switch on to the new circuit and even with the new shut off switch being off, the earth cable appears to have current passing through it when I hold my tester to it. Is this possible? Is this static electricity or do you think there is some kind of leak within the cable? When the supply is switch off the earth cable does not light the tester. Please advise.