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Shocks off a bath

iwanttosave_2
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Hey :wave:

We had a new bath fitted yesterday, and when rincing it out, both mr and OH got some shocks of it. Not terribly bad ones, but enough to leave a tingle for a few mins.

Is this normal when you first install it? Getting rid of excess static maybe? Or should it not do it at all?

Otherwise we have to get him out again :rolleyes:

Thank you very muchly :)
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  • BobProperty
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    I don't like the sound of this, static usually gives you a bit of a shock but not enough that I'd say "a tingle for a few mins".
    What work has been done, what materials are these items made of? Baths themselves are usually plastic of some sort or other, or enamelled, neither of which would conduct electricity. What exactly were you touching? Try and remember DO NOT GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN.
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  • aurora_borealis_2
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    Call him back wanty. And mind the children don't touch it.
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  • iwanttosave_2
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    We have had the walls basically stripped back to the bare walls. New copper piping and a full refit (new 3-piece suite)

    This bath is fully metal. I got the shock off the taps, so did OH but then he went back to check again and he got another shock, not sure where though. I thought it was just be at first, I seem to get chocked by anything with a bit of electricity, but with OH getting it too.

    I did think that maybe he hadn't earthed it, but would have expected more of a shock than that.
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  • iwanttosave_2
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    aurora_borealis wrote:
    Call him back wanty. And mind the children don't touch it.


    Chauff has just gone out to find the gaffer, sure he will have a face on him though.

    Mainly wanted to find out so he doesn't fob us off with that it is supposed to do that at first.
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  • BobProperty
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    My big worry is that something somewhere has nicked a mains cable. The copper pipework (as a generalisation) should be cross bonded. Have a look at the UHM site and see if you have any of the earth tags on the pipework.
    http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/earthing.htm
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  • iwanttosave_2
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    Thanks will have a look at that in a sec.

    The sparky has just been out and cant find anything coming through the pipes at all. There was a live box out side the room for a shower that used to be installed, so thinking that can be the only thing, he has disconnected that.

    Otherwise, the voltmeter is picking nothing up :confused:

    Thank you for the help xxx
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  • lowbrim
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    I assume that all the pipes have been earthed and bath have been earthed. The electrician should have checked this (worth asking although he would not be much of an electrician if he did not check this first!!) and the earth continuity ie the house earth is actually connected and not inadvertantly been disconnected. No way should you have static on a bath.
  • BobProperty
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    lowbrim wrote:
    I assume that all the pipes have been earthed and bath have been earthed. The electrician should have checked this (worth asking although he would not be much of an electrician if he did not check this first!!) and the earth continuity ie the house earth is actually connected and not inadvertantly been disconnected. No way should you have static on a bath.
    I'll wait for an electrician but I think you are mixing up earthing and cross-bonding. You also don't earth baths any more.
    The OP has had a bath replaced, which is not likely to have involved an electrician. She also said later that the shock came off the taps. Hopefully the electrician had the necessary proper test equipment to check everything, but "the voltmeter is picking up nothing" doesn't inspire me as I think there are a number of other checks to be made other than the existence of a voltage.
    http://www.niceic.org.uk/downloads/NL139supp.pdf
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  • moonrakerz
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    Don't forget electricity goes both ways !

    It may be that your new metal bath IS very well earthed and is providing a discharge path for the static that you are carrying around.
  • black-saturn
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    Sounds like it's not been earthed. I get an electric shock when I touch metal sometimes (espcially in Woolworths) but it's usually once per item not every time I touch it.
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