Re: Bad earth.
@skelband;
Exactly the situation we have in most of Spain where little or no distinction is made between earth and neutral, it is very common to lean against the sink unit in a Spanish kitchen and then rest your hand on the cooker but not for long as invariably you will get a substantial belt!
To date I have worked on half a dozen places where there was no earth spike/ spike corrode away/spike driven less than 6" into the ground.
Whenever I help friends to move into a new apartment I usually go around with a multi meter before getting involved with metal fittings or plumbing.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
