Help!
We have a new-ish house (2 years old) and the last 24 hours we have had the sockets fuse on the RCD trip three times but we are struggling to nail it down to a specific appliance. We also have small spotlights throughout the house which keep flickering like crazy. It appears to get worse the more appliances we have on but there seems to be no set pattern. When it first tripped this morning there were no 'heavy' appliances running (washing machine, etc.) The flickering has been going on for a few weeks and we thought it was a sign that a spot was about to blow, but I think it is related to the tripping problem. Turning appliances on/off doesn't cause it to trip - it seems to go at random. We wonder if we have a dodgy connection somewhere?
Before we call an electrician we thought we ask for some advice. Has anyone come across this sort of problem before? We have a typical set of appliances (dishwasher, tumble drier, washing machine, etc.) plus an alarm system.
Thanks in advance for any help.
We have a new-ish house (2 years old) and the last 24 hours we have had the sockets fuse on the RCD trip three times but we are struggling to nail it down to a specific appliance. We also have small spotlights throughout the house which keep flickering like crazy. It appears to get worse the more appliances we have on but there seems to be no set pattern. When it first tripped this morning there were no 'heavy' appliances running (washing machine, etc.) The flickering has been going on for a few weeks and we thought it was a sign that a spot was about to blow, but I think it is related to the tripping problem. Turning appliances on/off doesn't cause it to trip - it seems to go at random. We wonder if we have a dodgy connection somewhere?
Before we call an electrician we thought we ask for some advice. Has anyone come across this sort of problem before? We have a typical set of appliances (dishwasher, tumble drier, washing machine, etc.) plus an alarm system.
Thanks in advance for any help.