Recent content by Thomas Lawson

The bottom rail of my Lakeland dry soon clothes airer gets hotter than the other rails, too hot to touch, and has left brown scorch marks on a pillow. Do these airer have an internal thermostat which has failed

I thought I had posted these pictures, but apparently not. Hopefully this time

Just wondering, a while ago, an outbuilding tripped the RCD in the consumer unit (not the main supply one that is tripping now). Is it possible for a fault on the outbuilding circuit to cause an issue with the lighting circuit, even if the outbuilding is switched off at the consumer unit? The...

To clarify, I could use an earth resistance tester with the supply off to test each of the circuits from the jb and it measures in ohms And a clamp meter is used with the supply on and it measures in miliamps

To determine which exhibits the fault, is the best way to isolate each of the four in turn and see which one causes the trip? Or is there something I can use my multimeter on each to determine?

Yes they are

I think I was sent of track by finding continuity between negative and earth at the junction box, which replies have told me is expected and normal. I have a hunch that the fault that is tripping the RCD is between the junction box and one of the single lights, as with this disconnected the...

Yes, no other lights on that circuit. What about the pulsing continuity

Thanks for your reply, No external lights, just one cluster of 3 led spot lights off a one way switch , one led spot off a one way, and one cluster of three led spots off three switches, all indoors in the same room

The RCD on the master switch where the supply enters the house tripped, completely out of the blue, with no work or alteration’s having taken place. I have traced the fault to the ground floor lighting circuit, specifically the feed from the consumer unit to the lights. My multimeter registers...