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checed for moisture....the cooker is hard wired hob works , cooker turns on without element and doesnt trip . However on testing element in another socket it still trips entire board....not the mcb or rcd but the main switch

Hi there im putting this on here for my dad as he cant even switch on a pc let alone use a forum..... He has a creda cordialle oven and basically it is tripping the main switch in the consumer unit in the house. He thought it was the element so took the element out and wired it into a socket...

much appreciated was sweating it couldnt be done without some sort of upheaval there

oh sorry so just put the existing permanent live thats in the common into L1 and the sw line into L2 then link the 2 commons....sorry to sound like a ****** here I really appreciate your help

Hi thanks for response however I have a neutral down at the switch in a choc block with the neutral from the sw cable to the lights which came from the feed from the board thats why i was saying can 2 way switching be still done this way....that pic shows a sw live and a permanent live from the...

Thanks for the sticky diagrams. They are much help however im not using a loop in method at the minute im installing another switch in my long kitchen as they are 2 door ways and only a switch at one end In the existing switch the feed was brought in 2 the switch and there is just an...