Advice re vibrating, work surfaces and dishwaher etc

Blackpool_Saver

Hi, please can an electrician advise me re this:

When I put my hand on top of open dishwasher door (plugged in but obviously not running) I can feel vibration, also when my kettle is on the boil the work surface it sits on vibrates, is this normal, or a worrying sign of leaking current?

Cardew

By vibrating I assume you mean a slight 'tingle'

It sounds as if something is not earthed correctly.

Blackpool_Saver

yes a slight tingle, but slight enough to feel like vibration.

Plushchris

As Cardew suggests it could be an earthing problem with the dishwasher however that doesnt quite explain the work surface (assuming its a usual kitchen worktop and not metal)

Blackpool_Saver

Plushchris wrote: »

As Cardew suggests it could be an earthing problem with the dishwasher however that doesnt quite explain the work surface (assuming its a usual kitchen worktop and not metal)

It's not metal it's the Formica type stuff, the kettle is the type you can lift away from the base.

I have looked under the sink and I can see earth tags, I did ask at the time if the earth needed to be added to when the dishwasher was installed.

Cardew

The dishwasher will be earthed via its 13 amp plug(assuming the plug has been properly connected with 3 wires!)

It could be the earth in the house wiring that is faulty.

Anyway if you don't know what you are doing you need to get it sorted.

The danger would be that if any electrical appliance is not earthed and develops a fault, it will become live. If you touch it - you become the path to earth!!

Blackpool_Saver

Yes I know cardew, this is what concerns me, I will get someone out.

Plug was on the dishwasher, it's new.

Farway

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Yes I know cardew, this is what concerns me, I will get someone out.

Plug was on the dishwasher, it's new.

As you say dishwasher is new, unplug it and see if if the tingle vanishes, if it does, the d/washer is faulty somehow

Cardew

Farway wrote: »

As you say dishwasher is new, unplug it and see if if the tingle vanishes, if it does, the d/washer is faulty somehow

Not so!

Assuming the 'tingle' is electrical, of course it will vanish if unplugged - where would it get its electricity from?

Farway

Cardew wrote: »

Not so!

Assuming the 'tingle' is electrical, of course it will vanish if unplugged - where would it get its electricity from?

I meant the "tingle" on work top surfaces, of course the tingle will vanish from d/washer if unplugged

If it did vanish then the d/w is faulty somehow