May I respectfully suggest your testing methods may be a bit awry?
If you have 220-240v at the mains block, you can only establish this correctly testing between L&N. If, as you say however, your neutrals are also live, you cannot establish 220-240v between L&N as you are measuring potential difference and your reading therefore would be 0v
Do not rely on L&E or N&E to give you readings, this alone cannot determine polarity.
Please turn the thing off (for your own safety) and get someone in who knows what they are testing.
Carefree
February 2011