Because the electricity in your house is AC, of course. The current that operates your light bulbs and appliances, that you find at your outlets, etc is alternating current, not direct current.Why would I use AC setting?
Current will not simply change from AC to DC around the house. That's not how electricity works. If this shocking is mains-related, in any way, it will still be AC.No close neighbors. I understand that the house is AC, but why would shocking from the ground or soil not be DC?
I will check several places tomorrow checking AC voltage.
Agreed, but the fact that DC was measured may be telling. If there was mains leakage, especially around the pool, I would think that a GFI would catch that, or that a breaker would be tripping. Perhaps a faulty appliance could be putting DC potential on the house in some weird way that I can't really understand.Current will not simply change from AC to DC around the house. That's not how electricity works. If this shocking is mains-related, in any way, it will still be AC.
It appears the issues are related to the house to earth potential. If the neutral was loose or broken, you would likely have voltage imbalance on the 120 volt circuits resulting in (at the very least) lamps dimming/brightening and trouble with appliances etc.I am a new member and hope I am in the correct area. For the past couple of months, we have been getting shocked all around our house including the hot tub, pool fence, basement refrigerator, pool apron metal drain and water hose bib.
We have had the power company out twice and they have checked the grounding at the meter. We have had 2 electricians out a total of three times and they have not found anything. We have had the main water line ground wire added and two additional hot tub ground posts added. Still getting shocked.
Today my wife got shocked working in the front flower bed by working in the dirt and touching the porch metal column. We have no idea what the problem is or how to get it corrected. We have lived here for 9 years without any such problems. No new electrical work around the time of the start of the problem. Anyone have any ideas?
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