Shocking problem

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My son and wife have gotten shocked while touching either a shower (probably hot spigut) faucet and the outside spigut. It hasnt happened to me or our daughters, but just to my wife and son. It is extremely intermittent, but nevertheless, shocking. Well guy says its electrician, Electrician says its the well. Where do I go from here? ANy help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Dave RichardsParticipant]

: My son and wife have gotten shocked while : touching either a shower (probably hot spigut) faucet and the outside spigut. It : hasnt happened to me or our daughters, but : just to my wife and son. It is extremely : intermittent, but nevertheless, shocking. : Well guy says its electrician, Electrician : says its the well. Where do I go from here? : ANy help would be greatly appreciated. : ThanksWhat you need is a electrican that knows how to troubleshoot. Since this is a shocking problem, it would best be traced by a electrican. If he finds it is the pump at fault, then either it needs replacement or to be wired correctly. Is there plastic pipe or iron pipe between the house and pump? The most common things Ive found causing shock: 1- bad elect hot water heater element 2- bad selonide valve on icemaker 3- bad selonide valve on dishwasher 4- telephone service grounded to house pipes if you have a volt meter or a friend who knows how to use one, then connect one lead to the outside faucet in question and the other to a long screwdriver or metal rod that has been pushed way down into earth(wet the area). If you have a reading, then cut off the elect. breakers one at a time until it goes away. this will help you isolate the problem

[Dave RichardsParticipant]

: My son and wife have gotten shocked while : touching either a shower (probably hot spigut) faucet and the outside spigut. It : hasnt happened to me or our daughters, but : just to my wife and son. It is extremely : intermittent, but nevertheless, shocking. : Well guy says its electrician, Electrician : says its the well. Where do I go from here? : ANy help would be greatly appreciated. : ThanksGet a Master Electrican to make sure you have a ground wire connected to a METAL water main pipe. If not then use and earth ground. You may also ask your LICENSED electrican to install A GFI ( ground fault interupter) in every room where water and electricity are. Laundry room, kitchen, bathroom and one on the Sump pump or water Pump. A GFI is a life saving device that will cut power in one cycle ( approx one second) to prevent shock.What you have here sounds like a bad ground problem. GL sylvan

[Dave RichardsParticipant]

: My son and wife have gotten shocked while : touching either a shower (probably hot spigut) faucet and the outside spigut. It : hasnt happened to me or our daughters, but : just to my wife and son. It is extremely : intermittent, but nevertheless, shocking. : Well guy says its electrician, Electrician : says its the well. Where do I go from here? : ANy help would be greatly appreciated. : ThanksIf your water source is a submersible pump in a water well, and the shock come whens your body is in contact with the water AND a grounded surface, my experance (20 years pump service) would lead me to a defective submersible motor or the wire going down the well. Have your well guy, or electrican check the insulation of the motor/cable with an ohm meter. It should me greater than 10M ohms., if not the pump needs to be pulled and repaired. (your pump guy should know this).

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