Danger Electric Shock Taking a Shower

Last week when taking a shower in our 16 year old house I received intermittent electric shocks causing my whole body to shake and as soon as I realised what was happening I dropped the hand held Shower.

It was an exremely unpleasant and very scary situation that would no doubt have been fatal had I not been standing on a rubber anti slipp mat.

My wife managed to locate the Elecrician who wired the house and he said that the water heater is earthed so no real danger however after changing out the water heater with a new one he realised that the people who had installed a very fast acting Safety circuit breaker (about 10 years ago) had not connected this to the cable connected to the in the ground Earth Rod and it was only by chance that he noticed this.

I have read a lot of times about people being killed in Thailand by water heaters not being earthed and I recommend all to make sure your water heaters are earthed properly.

He said further that it was a miracle that myself or my wife had not been killed.

Happy safe showering to all.