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Default Bathroom cabinet electrical shock?

On May 12, 10:57*am, Tim Watts wrote:
Tabby wrote:
On May 12, 9:49 am, deano wrote:
Yep... 'A mild tingling sensation' also is a
better way of describing what I'm getting.


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Equipotential bonding would solve it. I cant comment on the risk of
the situation, as I dont know if its filter capacitive leakage or
cable damage. One's harmless, one liable to be fatal.


NT


Exactly.

We don't know what's causing the problem, but there is a chance it could be
something that could fail into becoming extremely dangerous.

Risk assessment mental exercise:

1) Dangerous condition not proven but suspected: outcome potentially
devastating

2) Inconvenience of isolating suspect circuit - sod all.

Makes it a no brainer - turn it off and check it out.


deano wrote
It happens when the isolator
switch is on or off! I'm wondering if the unit is faulty or has a
fixing nicked a cable in the wall?


which means we know its not capacitors in the power supply, making the
likelihood of a potentially fatal fault fairly high.


NT