Hi and welcome to the forum.Good morning so tried using my electric kettle this morning and I held the side of the cover and on covering it I Felt a Zap on my hand from the cover and I'm 6 weeks pregnant can't reach my mid wife I'm trying not to panic right now
Presumably she was standing on the floor!WHAT ELSE were you touching at the time? A shock requires two connections,
One of the mire violent shocks that I ever git was "standing on the floor." Of course, it was a cement floor poured over moist dirt because there was no other kind of dirt in that area. But it did have asbestos tiles floor. And I was bare foot at the time. I was flipping on a light switch on the wall, and touches a bare screw that was holding on the cover. The ungrounded box was live because a sharp edge penetrated the insulation on a wire. Evidently the code for that area did not require boxes to be grounded.Presumably she was standing on the floor!
It does not require much, An example is the 'Electricians' Neon screwdriver, you can get a light with rubber soled shoes standing on a milk crate !!One of the mire violent shocks that I ever git was "standing on the floor."
Obviously the lid is neither grounded or connected to a source of power. I suspect that you felt a static shock. Static electricity will give you a zap but last as long as 1/10th of a millisecond. Just a snap and it's over. Static electricity has been around since the beginning of time. Since the beginning of mankind, there has never been a report of an unborn child suffering ill effects from a static shock.on covering it I Felt a Zap
Maybe, but do you want to take the chance, It is also possible that there is a fault on the kettle, in any event, it requires a check anyway.I suspect that you felt a static shock.
True. And yes, further testing should be performed.Maybe, but do you want to take the chance, It is also possible that there is a fault on the kettle, in any event, it requires a check anyway.
At least I would.
What struck me in the opening comments, the TS stated that she was holding the side of the lid. That strikes me as a static discharge when the lid came close to the kettle and the flesh of the hand made contact with the top of the kettle, and thus a shock.Good morning so tried using my electric kettle this morning and I held the side of the cover and on covering it I Felt a Zap on my hand
Yes, testing has been mentioned. The TS describes a shock, not a tingle. To me the difference is a tingle is an indication of contact with house current and not static. The TS did not say a tingle. Only one hand on the lid (cover) and a shock. Also, IF - and we don't know this - but IF the outlet near the sink is GFCI as it should be per US code (don't know other countries codes) then in the event of a shock the power should have been interrupted so quickly that the TS should NOT have felt a shock.I suggested a fault that should be investigated back in post #4. Evidently I was not emphatic enough. That tingle could be a warning. Also, don't the outlets have a switch? The ones that I saw when I visited did have a switch. Quite handy, really.
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