Tingle in the shower.

[teetering-on-the-edge]

Sorry if this has been covered but I cant find it if it has.

I have a 9.5Kw shower. When I have a shower and touched the metal shower head or pipe I get a tingle.
All the copper pipe work in the house is bonded to the consumer unit earth .
This an old installation ,the water main into the house below floor level is plastic so there is no continuity from the earth in the consumer unit to the soil.

Is it safe for me to run an earth from the consumer unit to an earth rod outside.

Ive been told if its PME its not ?
Thanks Dave

 

[Adam_151]

You have a fault somewhere, or multiple faults, installing earth electrodes left right and centre in the hope that it'll go away is not the best course of action

Can we have a picture of your consumer unit and metering area?
Is there any supplimenary equipotenial bonding in the bathroom?
How old is the shower?

I have a feeling this one will probably involve you getting someone in, I'm afraid, to have a poke around with test kit!

 

[bengasman]

No, it is not safe run a cable to an earth rod. Earth is a very essential part of the supply and requires expensive test equipment to verify that all is working correctly, not t mention sound knowledge. If you feel a tingle in the shower, you should not use it and get it tested asap.

 

[Taylortwocities]

All the copper pipe work in the house is bonded to the consumer unit earth .

May be part of the problem. The incoming services should be bonded to the main earth terminal at the consumer unit.

As Adam has noted, all metal items in the bathroom must be supplementary bonded. Check out //www.diynot.com/wiki/electric...rooms_and_supplementary_equipotential_bonding

Note: the supplementary bonding does NOT get connected back to the fuseboard.

I would strongly suggest you get this looked at pronto!