Originally Posted by
dikman
Glad you found the problem, but saying that the active side felt "iffy" is a bit of a worry. For all you guys messing around with mains voltage (whether 110v or 220-240v) please be careful! Make sure that all your connections are tight, cables secured if possible and insulated if necessary. If the active wire comes adrift, or touches something it shouldn't, there is a distinct possibility that you could be injured, if you're lucky, or pushing up daisies if you're not!
(Our kitchen is being re-built, and the other day the electrician got a boot from touching the wrong thing. It shows how easily it can happen, so we amateurs should be doubly cautious when working with this stuff.