Hi
Wonder if anyone can help before I bite the bullet and buy a new oven and other appliances? I wanted an old fuse board replaced by a new consumer unit for overall safety reasons and in that I wanted to extend services out to the garage. Got an MK 10 way fitted by a well recommended local electrician a month ago - all looks to be a sound job.
Problem is it keeps tripping:
- grill trips it immediately
- the kettle trips it when the oven is on
- the oven now trips after 10 mins irrespective of the kettle
- the immersion heater trips it straight out
- toaster and oil filled heater work fine - same with all other appliances.
I appreciate that the new unit RCD will be sensitive and pick up appliances and elements that are on their way out but we never had any trips beforehand and before I go out and buy a new oven, kettle, toaster and immersion heater (which will cost me an absolute fortune) it would be good to find out if the RCD component is faulty. By way of a test I have a 1.8Kw oil filled heater which I plugged it but that didn't trip it?!?
I've contacted my electrician and am awaiting a reply. Any advice now would be great as I'm inclined to buy a new oven now for ready to fit at the weekend.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Wonder if anyone can help before I bite the bullet and buy a new oven and other appliances? I wanted an old fuse board replaced by a new consumer unit for overall safety reasons and in that I wanted to extend services out to the garage. Got an MK 10 way fitted by a well recommended local electrician a month ago - all looks to be a sound job.
Problem is it keeps tripping:
- grill trips it immediately
- the kettle trips it when the oven is on
- the oven now trips after 10 mins irrespective of the kettle
- the immersion heater trips it straight out
- toaster and oil filled heater work fine - same with all other appliances.
I appreciate that the new unit RCD will be sensitive and pick up appliances and elements that are on their way out but we never had any trips beforehand and before I go out and buy a new oven, kettle, toaster and immersion heater (which will cost me an absolute fortune) it would be good to find out if the RCD component is faulty. By way of a test I have a 1.8Kw oil filled heater which I plugged it but that didn't trip it?!?
I've contacted my electrician and am awaiting a reply. Any advice now would be great as I'm inclined to buy a new oven now for ready to fit at the weekend.
Thanks for any help in advance.