My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V. Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so there's a good ground on the sink. (sometimes you get a plastic pipe and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3 burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose insulation?

On Sat, 21 May 2016 17:10:09 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote:

My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V. Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so there's a good ground on the sink. (sometimes you get a plastic pipe and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3 burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose insulation?

.... and check the grounding on the stove.

On Sat, 21 May 2016 17:10:09 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote:

My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V. Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so there's a good ground on the sink. (sometimes you get a plastic pipe and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3 burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose insulation?
They can. You should have seen the oven in our last range. The
element drooped and grounded out on the oven liner and burned a slot
about 3 inches long just like a plasma cutter.

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 8:10:13 PM UTC-4, TimR wrote:
My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V. Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so there's a good ground on the sink.

I would not say that qualifies as a good ground. The metal water piping
is supposed to be bonded to the grounding system of the house. You should
have see ~124 V, you have a missing 20V, which isn't right. I'd check
where they are bonded together, do some more measurements, etc.



(sometimes you get a plastic pipe and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3 burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose insulation?

Isn't there metal supporting and touching the burner? IDK how yours
is built, but on mine the burner is held by metal supports and I would
think it would be at the same potential as the rest of the exposed metal
of the stove.

On 5/21/2016 8:10 PM, TimR wrote:
My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V. Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so there's a good ground on the sink. (sometimes you get a plastic pipe and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3 burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose insulation?


The one time a friend got a shock from the stove
burner, turns out the three burners were case
grounded. The shocking one was not grounded. I
ran a short copper wire from the burner to the
sheet metal of the stove. No more shocking.

In your case, I'd suggest to shut off the power.
Lift the range and see if you can find (and clean
and grease) the grounds for the burner elements.
Some burners lift right out, and you can wire brush
the case ground (typicaly inch forward of the electric
terminals).

Or, you could call an electrician and pay someone.

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TimR wrote:
My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought
maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V.
Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so
there's a good ground on the sink. (sometimes you get a plastic pipe
and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3
burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose
insulation?

Check the wires to the burner. One could be frayed and touching the metal
beneath it inside the stove.

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 10:37:22 PM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:
Check the wires to the burner. One could be frayed and touching the metal
beneath it inside the stove.

Ah. Makes sense, thanks for the suggestion.

On 5/21/2016 5:10 PM, TimR wrote:
My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V. Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so there's a good ground on the sink. (sometimes you get a plastic pipe and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3 burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose insulation?


Tim, a little shock now and then is a good thing. Might wake her up and
bring her outa this Pop Culture stoopidity thing she's in.
Ever think of that?

On Sun, 22 May 2016 05:02:01 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote:

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 10:37:22 PM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:
Check the wires to the burner. One could be frayed and touching the metal
beneath it inside the stove.

Ah. Makes sense, thanks for the suggestion.

....if it is a burner that lifts out, pulled from a socket under the
hood -- also check that the socket screw is tight. Check for scorch
marks. Just sayin'

On Sun, 22 May 2016 10:08:22 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 05:02:01 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote:

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 10:37:22 PM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:
Check the wires to the burner. One could be frayed and touching the metal
beneath it inside the stove.

Ah. Makes sense, thanks for the suggestion.

...if it is a burner that lifts out, pulled from a socket under the
hood -- also check that the socket screw is tight. Check for scorch
marks. Just sayin'

Correct. The burner element should be grounded via the clip around the
plug and the whole stove should be solidly grounded to the same
electrode that grounds the plumbing. If you are seeing anything more
than a fraction of a volt, you have a deadly problem.

On 5/22/2016 5:56 AM, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote:
On 5/21/2016 5:10 PM, TimR wrote:
My daughter said she got a tingle cooking, just a mild one, thought
maybe her skin was too dry. Yeah, maybe, but......

I dug out the Simpson 270 and checked. Tested an outlet, 124 V.
Tested from the hot of the outlet to the sink faucet, about 105, so
there's a good ground on the sink. (sometimes you get a plastic pipe
and no ground). Tested to a pan on each burner. Zero volts on 3
burners, nearly 50 on the one she was using.

Replace the burner, you think? Do they go bad over time, and lose
insulation?


Tim, a little shock now and then is a good thing. Might wake her up and
bring her outa this Pop Culture stoopidity thing she's in.
Ever think of that?

Tim's got his head buried in his ass**** buddy's lap.
LOL