Hi
There's probably not a single answer to this but in the hope for a bit of enlightenment, is there anything in particular which causes the entire board to trip rather than just the circuit breaker/fuse itself?
It's been happening for a 2-3 months now. The board is 1 of 3 we have, and they were all rewired 5 or 6 yrs ago after a bit of house restoration. Unfortunately, our garden lights don't have their own isolation box – I immediately thought it was these causing the problem (water getting into junction boxes/outdoor switches) as it appeared to be happening when someone went outside and the lights came on. So I looked at the boxes, and yes, there was damp inside one so I fixed that and wrapped in polythene. It seemed to be Ok for a while. However, the board also tripped when other lights in the house were switched so was this just a coincidence. Sometimes the main board switch won't reset immediately, it takes a few attempts.
There is a main junction box for our electric gate where the garden lights cable spurs off from to another box. I disconnected them at this 2nd box yesterday (1st one was hard to get to) just to try to eliminate that area. Low and behold, they tripped when the kitchen lights were switched on, so it can't be to do with the garden lights.
Could it be a faulty board, or even if the 1st garden box was damp, could this effect switches in say the kitchen when activated?
Any help gratefully appreciated.
There's probably not a single answer to this but in the hope for a bit of enlightenment, is there anything in particular which causes the entire board to trip rather than just the circuit breaker/fuse itself?
It's been happening for a 2-3 months now. The board is 1 of 3 we have, and they were all rewired 5 or 6 yrs ago after a bit of house restoration. Unfortunately, our garden lights don't have their own isolation box – I immediately thought it was these causing the problem (water getting into junction boxes/outdoor switches) as it appeared to be happening when someone went outside and the lights came on. So I looked at the boxes, and yes, there was damp inside one so I fixed that and wrapped in polythene. It seemed to be Ok for a while. However, the board also tripped when other lights in the house were switched so was this just a coincidence. Sometimes the main board switch won't reset immediately, it takes a few attempts.
There is a main junction box for our electric gate where the garden lights cable spurs off from to another box. I disconnected them at this 2nd box yesterday (1st one was hard to get to) just to try to eliminate that area. Low and behold, they tripped when the kitchen lights were switched on, so it can't be to do with the garden lights.
Could it be a faulty board, or even if the 1st garden box was damp, could this effect switches in say the kitchen when activated?
Any help gratefully appreciated.