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Right, first things first i must make it clear that i havn't touched a thing.
All house has been fine while we have been in it and all was ok until yesterday morning. Went to bed sunday night only to wake up with no electric. Into cellar and see it has tripped. Flick down stairs plugs back on and turn power back on. Keeps tripping on and off for about 30 mins. In the end turned all sockets off and all turned power back on. All looked ok so went to work.
Got home to no power.Turned it all back on and was all ok till after we'd gone to bed. Woke up middle of night and same again. Just spoke to wife and its still on all ok.
Any ideas what might be tripping it off? Could it be the fridge/freezer that's strating to pack up? These were the only things left plugged in and turned on. Like i said i've not touched a thing so why now is it starting to play up?
Cheers
Chris
What's tripping - the RCD or the MCBs?
You say you've got no power - lights as well? - usually not on the RCD.
Try plugging the fridge freezer into another socket or the upstairs circuit via extension lead - might isolate the problem. Put the fridge freezer on a circuit breaker see if that trips.
What about the heating - have you just switched that on?
I'd try and see if it's one item that's causing the problem by isolating things.
You can switch on and off different circuits on your Consumer Unit I presume?
Put one circuit on and then gradually turn on everything attached to that circuit and see if it trips. Repeat with each circuit. You may get lucky and discover it's a particular appliance or possibly a particular socket that's faulty.
I'm no sparky so if that fails I'd be calling one next.........
Thanks for the ideas.
Yes i can turn the different circuits on via the consumer unit.
It is the MCB for the down stairs sockets thats tripping. Think i'm just going to have to turn everything off on that circuit and try each thing one by one. I'll pop the fridge on the upstairs circuit to see if that keeps working or if it makes that trip.
Thanks again
is the oven on the downstairs circuit, or on a seperate dedicated circuit? If its the middle of the night it sounds like the fridge, could be the boiler though?
It could be tripping when the freezer thermostat kicks in? hence the intermittent fault.
Could be a faulty MCB - try swapping with another of same rating
Thanks again. Will try all these when i get in tonight.
Oven is gas so no problem there. Hadn't thought the MCB might be faulty. The boiler is a new one and thats clicking on and off fine. My thought is the fridge or the freezer. Both are old and could do with being replaced. Be nice to tie it down to one of them.
Will check as many as i can tonight and fingers crossed will be sorted tomorrow.