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Dave A wrote:
I connected my test meter between the sink and dishwasher and had a
reading of 120v.
I checked the other applicances in the kitchen and found them to all
have the same reading - I eventually traced this to a faulty socket
which I have replaced and all seems ok.

Sounds like a broken earth, and the RF suppression in at least one
appliance was dumping volts onto the rest after that socket - which
probably was at such a low current as not to be lethal. However, the ring
should have an earth from both ends - or is it a radial circuit?

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