sandman55

When I was an apprentice my neighbour came over and asked why was he getting a substantial electric shock when he was standing under the shower and when he turned on the electric oven the TV picture shrunk in size.
I found he had no neutral from the mains so his only connection was earth to the water mains (at that time we used the water mains now we use a stake and bond the water mains) only a plumber had put in a water softener and had wrongly connected the earth to the house side of the water softener which meant the path was via water from one side of the plastic water softener to the other so it also went from the shower rose through his body to the metal drain, and when he turned on a heavy load like the oven the voltage dropped substantially and affected his TV and refrigerator.