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<blockquote data-quote="QuietLeni" data-source="post: 449101" data-attributes="member: 29220"><p>Well... I think that I have an answer to where the problem is, as I have found that it is a shared neutral from the mains to a shaver socket in the bathroom.</p><p></p><p>When I plugged a light into the mains and had everything upstairs switched off/disconnected, I had an open circuit. I then got someone to switch on each of the lights upstairs in turn. Still an open circuit. Then, when my partner plugged a shaver into the shaving socket, I then got 400 Ohms. So the issue is there.</p><p></p><p>Now as the shaving socket works only when the upstairs light circuit is on, the situation must be a borrowed neutral from mains to that socket.</p><p></p><p>This now makes sense, as the shaver socket was put in by a guy that We thought was going to be great, as he had good references, but we found lots of little things wrong with his work around the bathroom once he finished. It seems like this was another piece of his Wild West sharp shooting.</p><p></p><p>Now that I know where to look, I need to fix it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietLeni, post: 449101, member: 29220"] Well... I think that I have an answer to where the problem is, as I have found that it is a shared neutral from the mains to a shaver socket in the bathroom. When I plugged a light into the mains and had everything upstairs switched off/disconnected, I had an open circuit. I then got someone to switch on each of the lights upstairs in turn. Still an open circuit. Then, when my partner plugged a shaver into the shaving socket, I then got 400 Ohms. So the issue is there. Now as the shaving socket works only when the upstairs light circuit is on, the situation must be a borrowed neutral from mains to that socket. This now makes sense, as the shaver socket was put in by a guy that We thought was going to be great, as he had good references, but we found lots of little things wrong with his work around the bathroom once he finished. It seems like this was another piece of his Wild West sharp shooting. Now that I know where to look, I need to fix it. [/QUOTE]
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