Socket circuit tripping

[Bobharford]

Hi
Socket circuit is tripping the switch at the consumer unit. Unplugged everything but it still trips after a few minutes when something is plugged into it. . Read up on this forum and advice indicates to first check the Combi boiler. But it still trips with this switched off. So am I looking at something wrong in the wiring of the circuit?
No heating or hot water at the moment
Thanks

 

[Adam_151]

What device is tripping? RCD, MCB, RCBO, AFDD?

 

[Murdochcat]

Unplug everything on the affected circuit - …. And make sure you investigate behind cupboards, outdoors and in garages too

 

[Wayners]

Check fused spurs. The ones in kitchen and any others. Pull fuse draw and see if you still get trips.
Seen a dishwasher fused spur cause random trips.
Also double sockets tightened on uneven surfaces. They bend under stress causing shorts inside socket. Can be random trips again.

 

[conny]

Unplug everything on the affected circuit - …. And make sure you investigate behind cupboards, outdoors and in garages too

Which basically means looking for evidence of rodent activity. i.e. mice or rat dropping, teeth marks in cables, (if you are lucky, you may even find the culprit still attached to the cable by it's jaws). If you do find evidence of cables having been chewed, you will probably need to replace that section of cable, though a repair may be possible.

 

[Murdochcat]

Which basically means looking for evidence of rodent activity. i.e. mice or rat dropping, teeth marks in cables, (if you are lucky, you may even find the culprit still attached to the cable by it's jaws). If you do find evidence of cables having been chewed, you will probably need to replace that section of cable, though a repair may be possible.

water leaks
temporary pins to hold up decorations into cables

 

[Bobharford]

Thanks for the replies .Sorted now , turns out our home insurance has callout cover and it covers electrics. Came very quickly. Within an hour. For those interested . He reset RCD switch on consumer unit, plugged kettle in waited for a pop sound somewhere - when the circuit tripped there was a muffled pop above us. It was a wall socket and upon investigation the live wire had contacted the metal socket case so this socket was replaced. All working fine now. I didn't know about listening for a socket pop - useful to know.

 

[Murdochcat]

Great feedback - thanks