Originally Posted by JBD
Originally Posted by regulardude
8 volts where there should be 0 volts. other appliances were ruled out by flipping each breaker systematically in the house, until all breakers were flipped, and none of them affected the voltage.


Still not specific enough.

8 Volts were measured from where to where?
Ground prong of receptacle to shield of cable?
Neutral of equipment to case of equipment?
Ground of receptacle to neutral of receptacle?
Case of equipment to kitchen sink?

We are not there. The only thing we can do is play 20 questions.

Did the 8V ever disappear?

Right now I would lean toward there being an issue with the neutral and ground in your neighbor's house. For example, if they lost their neutral connection to the utility, they have a faulty cable box and the cable company ground is poor, it is possible that current, from the neighbor is flowing 'out of their house' on the cable and coming 'into your house' before going back to the utility via your neutral-ground connection.


All I can do is quote the electrician:
We found 8 volts present on our multi-meter between the ground outlet and the back of the router box, we found the same 8 volts between neutral and the back of the box. The Router is two prone with no ground. We found the same 8 volt issue with the lamp, also a two prong lamp with a metal base. When we grounded the back of the box to the buildings ground through the water pipe the voltage reading went to 0 – on the router and the lamp. When we put an inline amp probe between the rear of the router and the neutral we found no current.
We found the neutral and ground bonded in the panel and to the water system - we recommended adding a ground rod, but we do not believe the lack of a ground rod is causing the issue.
We looked for loose neutrals and loose wiring and we did not find any, we did check and tighten your panel connections.
We believe the voltage is being induced rather than being a direct short, that’s just a theory.