Hi Guys - Could do with a bit of help please.
New kitchen installed about 6 years ago by ................ sub-contract fitters.
Integrated DW and fridge on double socket mounted inside cupboard on one side of room, built in single oven plus extractor fan on other side also standard double socket inside cupboard. Hob is gas. Above worksurface sockets are on separate MCB.
Both sockets take feed from MCB previously allocated to cooker circuit.
2 nights ago MCB trips. Also RCD protecting garage circuit tripped at same time. Reset both (OK naughty) with no retrip. Been OK since until about 1 hour ago. Tripped again but RCD not taken out but 13A fuse in fridge plug blows.
Replaced fuse, reset MCB. Tripped again 10 minutes go but fuse this time still intact. No other appliances on circuit operational during any of these occurences although cooker and DW have been at times. Fridge on all time obviously.
Initial diagnosis anyone please? Earth fault perhaps or could it be the fridge itself drawing too much current. Not measured anything yet but only got multimeter.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
R
New kitchen installed about 6 years ago by ................ sub-contract fitters.
Integrated DW and fridge on double socket mounted inside cupboard on one side of room, built in single oven plus extractor fan on other side also standard double socket inside cupboard. Hob is gas. Above worksurface sockets are on separate MCB.
Both sockets take feed from MCB previously allocated to cooker circuit.
2 nights ago MCB trips. Also RCD protecting garage circuit tripped at same time. Reset both (OK naughty) with no retrip. Been OK since until about 1 hour ago. Tripped again but RCD not taken out but 13A fuse in fridge plug blows.
Replaced fuse, reset MCB. Tripped again 10 minutes go but fuse this time still intact. No other appliances on circuit operational during any of these occurences although cooker and DW have been at times. Fridge on all time obviously.
Initial diagnosis anyone please? Earth fault perhaps or could it be the fridge itself drawing too much current. Not measured anything yet but only got multimeter.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
R