thanks Terpe , i dont realy like electric ,you cant see it but my god its got a hell of a bite
i understand that like pipe with plumbing ie carrying gas, there is unotisable some leakage through the pipe itself, and the same goes for electric wire, but hadnt noticed this before on electric,
as a test using a length of cable from a roll, earth not connected to anything either end, it did the same, so im assuming this is the natural leakage, but kind of hope might find a sparkie to confirm this ,
any problems faults i guess would trip the circuit breaker,
soon before i rent my house , i have have it safety checked anyway
the earth , anything goes wrong if you get touch open wiring and get a shock the earth keeps you safe i guess