hi, this is my first post. I've spent a while looking for other posts with similar problems but i can't find anything that matches close enough.
Wednesday morning i woke up to no power.
i looked on at the CU and the 80A switch was off.
the switch/fuse/breaker marked as "upper ring" was off also.
i switched all of the breakers with labels off and was able to reset the 80A switch. i then turned on the others, excluding the "upper ring" switch, i managed to get the power on to the rest of the house, although it appears that the sockets in the kitchen are fed from the upper ring also (the kitchen has a stone floor so i can understand why they've come down rather than up.)
I've disconnected everything from the sockets upstairs and everything in the kitchen (fridge freezer is running on an extension from another ring).
I've opened all of the socket fronts and checked for loose connections / corrosion which could cause a short.
the 80A is still tripping when i try to turn the upper ring switch on.
Is there anything else i can to diagnose / fix the fault. I would class myself as a confident/competent DIYer.
If i've missed out any info let me know.
all help appreciated
cheers
metcalfe
Wednesday morning i woke up to no power.
i looked on at the CU and the 80A switch was off.
the switch/fuse/breaker marked as "upper ring" was off also.
i switched all of the breakers with labels off and was able to reset the 80A switch. i then turned on the others, excluding the "upper ring" switch, i managed to get the power on to the rest of the house, although it appears that the sockets in the kitchen are fed from the upper ring also (the kitchen has a stone floor so i can understand why they've come down rather than up.)
I've disconnected everything from the sockets upstairs and everything in the kitchen (fridge freezer is running on an extension from another ring).
I've opened all of the socket fronts and checked for loose connections / corrosion which could cause a short.
the 80A is still tripping when i try to turn the upper ring switch on.
Is there anything else i can to diagnose / fix the fault. I would class myself as a confident/competent DIYer.
If i've missed out any info let me know.
all help appreciated
cheers
metcalfe