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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff1946" data-source="post: 541218" data-attributes="member: 28452"><p>Have you proved that your meter is OK ? (Remember the story of the railway man with the cracked hammer)</p><p></p><p>Digital multimeters, even good ones in 100% condition, can be really misleading largely because they are high impedance and as suggested above detect voltages which are induced within the wiring, i.e. ghost voltage, when on an unconnected wire.</p><p></p><p>You seem to have established that working lights are being supplied via the connections to the shaver socket, so it doesn't seem to make sense that the full mains voltage isn't there</p><p>Can you physically trace these cables, examining for damage junction boxes, etc?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoff1946, post: 541218, member: 28452"] Have you proved that your meter is OK ? (Remember the story of the railway man with the cracked hammer) Digital multimeters, even good ones in 100% condition, can be really misleading largely because they are high impedance and as suggested above detect voltages which are induced within the wiring, i.e. ghost voltage, when on an unconnected wire. You seem to have established that working lights are being supplied via the connections to the shaver socket, so it doesn't seem to make sense that the full mains voltage isn't there Can you physically trace these cables, examining for damage junction boxes, etc? [/QUOTE]
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