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Small shock when I touch metal light switches
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<blockquote data-quote="steptoe" data-source="post: 525609" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>I'd almost put money on a nail or something just touching a live in the wall, </p><p>I've seen this a few times, one was in a kitchen and it only tripped when the kettle was boiled , with the steam making the wall/air damp and hence the flow to earth big enough to cause an "actual fault" current of enough magnitude</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steptoe, post: 525609, member: 7"] I'd almost put money on a nail or something just touching a live in the wall, I've seen this a few times, one was in a kitchen and it only tripped when the kettle was boiled , with the steam making the wall/air damp and hence the flow to earth big enough to cause an "actual fault" current of enough magnitude [/QUOTE]
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