Can anyone offer any advice on this problem...?
I had my new bathroom installed in October 2016.
Electric installation included 4 new ceiling lights, Extractor Fan (with Humidity sensor) and a Mirror Cabinet (with lighting and shaver socket).
The Fan would come on with the lights and stay on depending on the humidity or time (whichever took priority).
The mirror cabinet light would only come on if you waved your hand under it, and could be switched on without lights or fan being on.
These were all connected by a qualified electrician (which I have the NAPIT certificate for the work).
In the attic an RCD was installed which links all these bathroom electrics and it is currently tripped and remains red in the window.
All the upstairs lighting is unaffected and the main upstairs circuit does not trip. Except when I tried to replace the fuse in the RCD in the attic. This told me that the tripping was related to the bathroom only.
So all the lighting upstairs is ok, except the bathroom electrics.
I have read that the fan could be the cause so I have disconnected this from the circuit. After disconnecting the fan completely from the circuit - the electrics trip straight away. So presumably it can't be the fan?
The fact that the RCD does not reset or stays red in the window must say something but I do not know why?
I would be grateful if there is someone out there who could give a credible answer to this problem or if they have experienced something similar which can be related to.
I have contacted the bathroom electrician and am awaiting his response.
I also have homecare electrical cover - so I will have this safely sorted soon.
The reason for this post is that I would like some advice in advance of what the electrician finds.
We are currently using the bathroom without extraction and with a torch - so just a tad inconvenient :-/
I had my new bathroom installed in October 2016.
Electric installation included 4 new ceiling lights, Extractor Fan (with Humidity sensor) and a Mirror Cabinet (with lighting and shaver socket).
The Fan would come on with the lights and stay on depending on the humidity or time (whichever took priority).
The mirror cabinet light would only come on if you waved your hand under it, and could be switched on without lights or fan being on.
These were all connected by a qualified electrician (which I have the NAPIT certificate for the work).
In the attic an RCD was installed which links all these bathroom electrics and it is currently tripped and remains red in the window.
All the upstairs lighting is unaffected and the main upstairs circuit does not trip. Except when I tried to replace the fuse in the RCD in the attic. This told me that the tripping was related to the bathroom only.
So all the lighting upstairs is ok, except the bathroom electrics.
I have read that the fan could be the cause so I have disconnected this from the circuit. After disconnecting the fan completely from the circuit - the electrics trip straight away. So presumably it can't be the fan?
The fact that the RCD does not reset or stays red in the window must say something but I do not know why?
I would be grateful if there is someone out there who could give a credible answer to this problem or if they have experienced something similar which can be related to.
I have contacted the bathroom electrician and am awaiting his response.
I also have homecare electrical cover - so I will have this safely sorted soon.
The reason for this post is that I would like some advice in advance of what the electrician finds.
We are currently using the bathroom without extraction and with a torch - so just a tad inconvenient :-/