I would be grateful for some advise regarding a fitted dish washer. I was in the process of removing it from its kitchen cabinet when I had an electric shock on touching both the washer's metal interior and the stainless steel sink. I checked which was live and using one of those cicuit testing screw drivers it was the dishwasher. Neither the circuit breaker or the main RCD tripped. I have had a good look at the wiring in the dishwasher and can find no obvious fault. I have also tested the diswasher regularly and it has not been live again. I assume the shock was caused by me shorting the circuit between the then "live" dishwasher and the sink which I again assume is connected to earth via the cold water pipe. Can anybody offer any advice as to what could have caused the fault as I would have thought that if the dish washer was faulty it would be "live" on a regular basis.
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19 years ago