Please explain,
By chance when a light socket was checked, was found that when the electrician put his meter across the Live and the Earth (Yel/Grn) wire
it showed that it was live, the same as when he checked between Live and Earth wires.
This was not so with N & Earth.
When a check was made in the consumer unit, the same showed there too.
No additions or alterations were made to the house electrics recently.
Any explanations please?? Thanx, ulindel
Sounds like you're in the UK. If so, earth and neutral should be at the same potential difference - near enough. If an earth is showing considerably above neutral voltage the chances are it's not connected.
BTW, no UK light bulb sockets have earths. On a proper modern installation the earth is available at the ceiling rose. Older ones had no requirement for this, and although the cable was probably twin and earth, the earth wasn't always connected.
A proper place to ask, though, is
In this Newsletter (Australian) there is a simplified explanation of the MEN (Multiple Earthed Meutral) system as used in UK, AUS, NZ etc.
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