Recent content by kris710

I do not believe that this question would have been posted if it was obvious that water was pouring out of the bottom of the machine. RCD problems need to be identified with a proper RCD tester which only an electrician who has paased City & Guilds Testing and Inpection would carry or...

Hi ban all sheds, Building Regulations stipulate that all electrical work carried out on a domestic dwelling must be carried out according to BS7671 which is concerned with Electrical safety if you doubt me please read a document entitled Building Regulations 2000 Approved Document Part P...

Hi dandare13, The only SAFE method that a householder can do without a fully qualified electrician to certify the work complies with Part P of the Building Regulations (LAW) Switch off the electricity, remove the socket, put all live wires red or brown together in one terminal connector...

Hi fizzler You may have a dual circuit element in your oven one side of which has blown hence the trip. If not then the thermostat is at fault, but if fault was here then I would have expected the RCD to trip again, unless the RCD is not sensing faults anymore. The RCD requires to be...

Hi qazafi, 2 things come to mind with tripping problem. a) Spin Motor is faulty have appliance PAt tested by a PAT qualified electrician. b) You have a faulty RCD unit tripping off before reaching 30mA this causes nuisance tripping when ever a high loading like a spin cycle starts on a...