Electricity everywhere! ... Seriously

[andharri]

Hi,

Was trying to put up a new toilet mirror in a house we have just bought.

Being a good a boy I did a quick detector check in the area I wanted to drill for live wires etc.

The entirety of the toilet wall is indicating live wires, as is the whole of the adjacent wall!

I then went to the bathroom upstairs where I was installing another mirror and same again, in fact large chunks of the entire house are showing live wires with not one but two detectors.

I did a systematic check and the issue goes away for the downstairs toilet if I turn off the "kitchen sockets" fuse which is connected to an RCD (that isn't tripping). The toilet backs onto the kitchen so that makes sense.

So any ideas what this might be? Lead paint? eddy current??

House is 1950s roughly with black/red wiring. Two RCDs with 4-5 fuses per RCD

Thanks

[andharri]

Alucidnation said:

FFS just call a local registered sparky.

This is way beyond armchair experts & forum posts.

Maybe I fking will!

[andharri]

phumy said:

Well you just fking go right afkinghead and fking do as you fking jolly well fking want.

Don't fking swear!

[andharri]

Lotobear said:

...it's not a BISF or other system built fking house is it?

(edited with added profanity)

Edited by Lotobear on Tuesday 27th October 12:08

Nah all brick and timber framed

[andharri]

Thanks for everyones comments. I think first port of call will be a sparkie ... wonder if I should use the same guy who passed the electrical safety check when it was rented last year?!

Will let you know the outcome!