Hi
This is a follow up to a post I made some weeks ago and which unfortunately has developed for the worse. I expect to have to get expert help in but would like to understand as much as possible before doing so
Here is what has happened. I have a treadmill in the conservatory which started playing up soon after Xmas (inconsistent speed and sudden stopping) In addition I noticed that while using it the lights would start to flicker. This then caused a a brief loss of supply to a couple of circuits (both RCD protected) I cannot remember now whether it tripped the MCB or not Anyway I thought the problem was with the treadmill so did not use it Anyway today we purchased a Halogen Oven (1.4Kw rated) and boy this really caused some problems When the oven gets to the correct temp it will switch on and off quite frequently by thermostat (eg around 30 secs I think) As soon as it started doing this the lights started flickering just as before and then we lost power Further more we also lost power on 3 further independent circuits (2 other ring mains and the kitchen hob).
Now this is where it gets strange I went to the consumer unit (split load) and to my surprise noted that no switch had tripped. I was at a loss what to but as my meal was ready (just in time fortunately) I stopped to eat While eating the power to one of the circuits briefly came on for a few seconds then failed again Anyway after eating I decided to switch of all the MCB's to the affected circuits and then switch them on again one by one Low and behold each circuit then came alive and all is now back to normal
Now this is not all I have also had a no of device failures since Xmas as well The breadmaker has failed A week ago the main oven has failed (this caused the RCD to trip) The security system failed These plus the treadmill problems are all too much of a coincidence I feel (although I have to say that the oven was quite old (10 yrs or so)
And I am at a loss as to how 4 separate circuits could all go down and yet the MCB's remain on! It has to be a problem with the consumer unit I feel but what could it be Can the MCB's fail and need replacing ? What else is there to check? And what about the equipment failures Do I need my supply checked?
Any insight s from you guys would be very welcome as I am at a loss here
Thanks
This is a follow up to a post I made some weeks ago and which unfortunately has developed for the worse. I expect to have to get expert help in but would like to understand as much as possible before doing so
Here is what has happened. I have a treadmill in the conservatory which started playing up soon after Xmas (inconsistent speed and sudden stopping) In addition I noticed that while using it the lights would start to flicker. This then caused a a brief loss of supply to a couple of circuits (both RCD protected) I cannot remember now whether it tripped the MCB or not Anyway I thought the problem was with the treadmill so did not use it Anyway today we purchased a Halogen Oven (1.4Kw rated) and boy this really caused some problems When the oven gets to the correct temp it will switch on and off quite frequently by thermostat (eg around 30 secs I think) As soon as it started doing this the lights started flickering just as before and then we lost power Further more we also lost power on 3 further independent circuits (2 other ring mains and the kitchen hob).
Now this is where it gets strange I went to the consumer unit (split load) and to my surprise noted that no switch had tripped. I was at a loss what to but as my meal was ready (just in time fortunately) I stopped to eat While eating the power to one of the circuits briefly came on for a few seconds then failed again Anyway after eating I decided to switch of all the MCB's to the affected circuits and then switch them on again one by one Low and behold each circuit then came alive and all is now back to normal
Now this is not all I have also had a no of device failures since Xmas as well The breadmaker has failed A week ago the main oven has failed (this caused the RCD to trip) The security system failed These plus the treadmill problems are all too much of a coincidence I feel (although I have to say that the oven was quite old (10 yrs or so)
And I am at a loss as to how 4 separate circuits could all go down and yet the MCB's remain on! It has to be a problem with the consumer unit I feel but what could it be Can the MCB's fail and need replacing ? What else is there to check? And what about the equipment failures Do I need my supply checked?
Any insight s from you guys would be very welcome as I am at a loss here
Thanks