Hi, I hope somebody can shed light on my problem because I have no idea what to do next!
I had a gas cooker that kept on tripping the breaker the moment the plug was inserted into the electrical socket (it doesn't matter whether the socket is switched on or off, the breaker is tripped immediately). An electrician replaced the socket and he even tested an electric kettle on it and everything worked fine, but the problem did not go away so it was concluded that the cooker was at fault. I went ahead and bought a new gas cooker, plugged it into the same socket and...the same problem!!
Having done some further tests on my own I noticed that:
a) If the cooker's gas pipe is disconnected from the wall then the cooker does not trip the breaker, even when it is plugged into the same electrical socket (?!!)
b) If I run the cooker off an electrical extension cable to a socket on the opposite kitchen wall then everything works fine.
Clearly (a) is not acceptable because this is a gas cooker and needs to be plugged into the gas, while (b) is also no good as it requires a cable to be run across the kitchen floor. Arrrgggh!
I had a gas cooker that kept on tripping the breaker the moment the plug was inserted into the electrical socket (it doesn't matter whether the socket is switched on or off, the breaker is tripped immediately). An electrician replaced the socket and he even tested an electric kettle on it and everything worked fine, but the problem did not go away so it was concluded that the cooker was at fault. I went ahead and bought a new gas cooker, plugged it into the same socket and...the same problem!!
Having done some further tests on my own I noticed that:
a) If the cooker's gas pipe is disconnected from the wall then the cooker does not trip the breaker, even when it is plugged into the same electrical socket (?!!)
b) If I run the cooker off an electrical extension cable to a socket on the opposite kitchen wall then everything works fine.
Clearly (a) is not acceptable because this is a gas cooker and needs to be plugged into the gas, while (b) is also no good as it requires a cable to be run across the kitchen floor. Arrrgggh!