Many owners of homes and apartments to seek the help of an electrician due to the fact that the walls or, for example, a washing machine beats shock.
Electric shocks are not too big, but it brings discomfort. This question should not be delayed, since there is a high probability that the next shock will cause irreparable damage to health.
Try to understand why in the bath can beat current and the like to neutralize this danger.
Possible reasons
First, let's understand why a bath or a jet of water from the tap can pinch our body. Here the reasons can vary in many different ways, ranging from unscrupulous neighbors and ending failure used in the house or apartment wiring.
So, we explain the basic and most frequently occurring reasons:
- Washing machine or water heater is not connected to the grounding circuit, in case of failure of such household appliances can be felt electric shocks. If the house is not a ground loop, you should immediately correct this shortcoming. By using the yellow-green wire, which is popularly called the "earth", you can protect yourself from electric shock when electricity leaks. After grounding crane, pipes, household appliances will no longer bear the discomfort;
- Damaged insulation of electrical wiring in the wall is also a frequent cause of the crane, walls, bathroom beating current. Find the problem area can be using a special tester. But if you do not have skills in this area, it is better to trust a professional electrician, the cost of such services a minimum impact on your budget;
- When the water from the tap pinching fingers, the likely cause is released with the operation state of the heater PETN. Opredeleit is possible by means of the multimer. If you live in an apartment, the cause may be a failure of the water heater heating element of your neighbors;
- In the case of flat and may also be such unscrupulous neighbors who spend bath and grounding wire PE are connected to the riser. If they are leaking electricity will beat all the current residents who are connected to this riser.
What if in the bathroom electric shocks
If you live in a private home, it is absolutely necessary to ground. If present, check the integrity of the loop by measuring the resistance. Do not be amiss to check the washing machine and water heater repair.
To do this, disconnect them from the electrical outlet, and if electric shocks were gone, it is necessary to search for malfunction in disconnected appliances. Find sample wiring in the wall very problematic and difficult task.
To get started is to conduct an audit of all the switches and sockets. Just for this purpose, you can use a special tester. Due to the electrical circuit breakers are better placed outside the bathroom. All the available outlet in the bathroom should have IP 44 level of security.
The bathroom is also recommended to set the automatic response device to disable the served area in the event of leakage of electricity. For the bathroom is better to choose the RCD with automatic action parameter to 10 mA.
If all appliances in good condition and the wiring circuit and the ground is not broken, it is safe to go to the neighbors and troubleshoot them.