Hey Guys,
I'm after any thoughts you might have on a problem I'm experiencing with my downstairs ring main. The entire run is about 15 meters (give or take a few) on 2.5 T&E with a 32amp RCBO in my consumer unit. All connections look fine. Although there are about 6 double sockets on this ring, there is only two items plugged into it.. a lamp and the comby boiler.
Now, the problem I am having.. my conservatory get's pretty cold at night and our Parrots and Dogs are starting to feel the chill. So, I've got an oil heater and plugged it in. All works well for about 5 minutes, then the RCBO trips. I originally thought it may be a fault with the heater so returned it and got a replacement. Same thing.
The annoying thing is, I rewired the house to make the wiring safer (it actually had rubber cable is places) but it seems that I've just made it worse.
Now I don't pretend to know everthing about domestic installations, but enough to be dangerous I just can't seem to figure out what's going wrong. Until I plug in the heater, everthing works fine... as does the heater for about 5 minutes.
Confused and would appreciate any pointers/ideas.
Thanks
Marc
I'm after any thoughts you might have on a problem I'm experiencing with my downstairs ring main. The entire run is about 15 meters (give or take a few) on 2.5 T&E with a 32amp RCBO in my consumer unit. All connections look fine. Although there are about 6 double sockets on this ring, there is only two items plugged into it.. a lamp and the comby boiler.
Now, the problem I am having.. my conservatory get's pretty cold at night and our Parrots and Dogs are starting to feel the chill. So, I've got an oil heater and plugged it in. All works well for about 5 minutes, then the RCBO trips. I originally thought it may be a fault with the heater so returned it and got a replacement. Same thing.
The annoying thing is, I rewired the house to make the wiring safer (it actually had rubber cable is places) but it seems that I've just made it worse.
Now I don't pretend to know everthing about domestic installations, but enough to be dangerous I just can't seem to figure out what's going wrong. Until I plug in the heater, everthing works fine... as does the heater for about 5 minutes.
Confused and would appreciate any pointers/ideas.
Thanks
Marc