Geyser safe to use without earthing

If the ELCB, MCB are of proper make.. they might help by tripping.

But overall.. no way is it safe of have such appliances in wet areas.. with no proper earthing.

After Racold... I would just about settle for Crompton and Greaves

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I would stay clear of fake brands, trading brands.

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‏‏‏‏Brands like Spherehot, Racold have decades of local R&D, experience and focus on tackling typical nuances of desi market (power situation, hard water, user misuse).

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Trading brands are simply getting stuff contract manufactured from the most competitive vendor.

Sometimes these alleged brands do not even have a team which fully understands their own products.

flipkart has its own brand

demerius2020 wrote:

flipkart has its own brand

Kindly check the query again.

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earthing should be done ideally, otherwise you can add RCCB in the circuit I think ....

I remember one such instance from a stay in an apartment. We used to get slight tingling sensation during bath when tried to operate the shower knob. 

First and foremost, figured out that earthing is improper for the whole building. And this sensation pops up randomly, with that ensured that the geyser is working well ( not leaking out any). Finally figured out the sensation pops up when some neighbour operates his/her geyser. The other geyser apparently is generous in giving back some current.

After all this, earthing is ensured to the possible extent, and the issue still persisted. Probably, the earthing is not proper. 

Finally I decided not to use geyser while bathing. I turn on before time,.turn off, and even plug out to be safe during bathing.

Eventually I moved from electric to gas based geyser 

andromeda wrote:
Finally figured out the sensation pops up when some neighbour operates his/her geyser. The other geyser apparently is generous in giving back some current.

But isn't that an even more dangerous and a separate risk?

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There is unlikely to be a direct electrical connection between your and their line..

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... wasn't this likely a leakage issue with the water supply pipes themselves?

(As in, electrical leakage via the moisture in walls, pipes, ducts).

scholl_corncap wrote:

But isn't that an even more dangerous and a separate risk?

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There is unlikely to be a direct electrical connection between your and their line..

... thus...

... wasn't this likely a leakage issue with the water supply pipes themselves?

(As in, electrical leakage via the moisture in walls, pipes, ducts).

It is the common ground connection. The other geyser may be finding a lower resistant path which eventually gets to the one we have.

This is why it is important to have these kind of appliances from a quality make.

andromeda wrote:

It is the common ground connection. The other geyser may be finding a lower resistant path which eventually gets to the one we have.

This is why it is important to have these kind of appliances from a quality make.

100% agree and thanks again for the clarity.

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Actually I am a bit dumb.

And not from electrical or sciences field. Hence ignorant or silly queries.

scholl_corncap wrote:

100% agree and thanks again for the clarity.

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Actually I am a bit dumb.

And not from electrical or sciences field. Hence ignorant or silly queries.

Most welcome. There is no need to understand all this, but it is required to be vigilant with the amount of counterfeits in market 

andromeda wrote:

Most welcome. There is no need to understand all this, but it is required to be vigilant with the amount of counterfeits in market 

Gas geysers come with their own set of potential dangers.

LIMBO wrote:

Gas geysers come with their own set of potential dangers.

True. It is installed in a proper ventilated place with engineered (self)  practices that goes at various stages.

Edit: The geyser gets powered off along with the gas valve shut after every use.