I'm hoping someone can make me a little wiser as to what is happening in my bathroom!
Ever since my husband and I moved into our new house a year ago we have been getting electric currents from the bath. They occur lightly when we have a shower and touch the edges of the bath or the tiled wall. They are worst when I take a bath. There are times when I feel nothing at all, times when there is a tingling sensation wherever I touch the edges, and times when I lay back and my vision goes black, my teeth start chattering and taste of metal and I have to jump out.
I have had 3 different electricians in to have a look. The first one did not believe anything was wrong (you can only feel shocks when you are in the bath and are wet, so he standing next to it completely dry felt nothing). He said it was static and we should replace the floor, which we did and nothing changed. The second electrician said he measured 90 volts on the waterpipes under the bath and earthed them to some other pipes. The third electrician said the metal handles on my plastic bath were charged differently and not completing a full circuit, so he earthed one to the other and then earthed the bath (again). None of these things have made any difference, and I got the impression none of the electricians took me seriously, they all came up with static and the latter two only took further steps because I insisted on it. I know it is not static because the feeling is constant, not occasional shocks. I have tried to figure out when the shocks are worse and found they are the worst when our central heating is on, leading me to think it may be related to our boiler.
I am reluctant to call in a 4th electrician and pay him to feel patronized and ridiculed again, so I am hoping this discussion can lead me to finding a solution. Let me know if you need more information!
Ever since my husband and I moved into our new house a year ago we have been getting electric currents from the bath. They occur lightly when we have a shower and touch the edges of the bath or the tiled wall. They are worst when I take a bath. There are times when I feel nothing at all, times when there is a tingling sensation wherever I touch the edges, and times when I lay back and my vision goes black, my teeth start chattering and taste of metal and I have to jump out.
I have had 3 different electricians in to have a look. The first one did not believe anything was wrong (you can only feel shocks when you are in the bath and are wet, so he standing next to it completely dry felt nothing). He said it was static and we should replace the floor, which we did and nothing changed. The second electrician said he measured 90 volts on the waterpipes under the bath and earthed them to some other pipes. The third electrician said the metal handles on my plastic bath were charged differently and not completing a full circuit, so he earthed one to the other and then earthed the bath (again). None of these things have made any difference, and I got the impression none of the electricians took me seriously, they all came up with static and the latter two only took further steps because I insisted on it. I know it is not static because the feeling is constant, not occasional shocks. I have tried to figure out when the shocks are worse and found they are the worst when our central heating is on, leading me to think it may be related to our boiler.
I am reluctant to call in a 4th electrician and pay him to feel patronized and ridiculed again, so I am hoping this discussion can lead me to finding a solution. Let me know if you need more information!