Hi,
Just a quick one, I'm sure I'll be asking more at some point as I just purchased my own home finally!
Anyway, house is a new build, been here two years now.
In the kitchen there is a fused connection unit that goes to a twin socket that powers the washing machine & dishwasher.
Today said FCU failed, initially thought it was simply the fuse so went to replace. At this point I realised it was clearly worst as the fuse tray would not budge, a lot of force later and it popped out and I found the damage.
Fuse itself is fine despite the outside edge being burnt, the housing itself is melted around the live terminal, most if not all of the contact is gone.
Question I have is, the house is under warranty and the electrician has been out. He's saying the cause was running both appliances at the same time.
Am I correct in thinking surely if this was the issue the 13a fuse should have blown and not have the switch melt instead.
Tested the fuse in a lamp, it still works.
When this happened the rcd in the fuse board also didn't trip.
I'm guessing when installed the wires simply were not done tight and it's been arcing the last two years. The washing machine is close by and does rattle everything a lot so I guess this would not have helped.
Next step is checking all the sockets as I identified one last year with a similar issue when I noticed the housing didn't go flush with the wall.
Thanks
Just a quick one, I'm sure I'll be asking more at some point as I just purchased my own home finally!
Anyway, house is a new build, been here two years now.
In the kitchen there is a fused connection unit that goes to a twin socket that powers the washing machine & dishwasher.
Today said FCU failed, initially thought it was simply the fuse so went to replace. At this point I realised it was clearly worst as the fuse tray would not budge, a lot of force later and it popped out and I found the damage.
Fuse itself is fine despite the outside edge being burnt, the housing itself is melted around the live terminal, most if not all of the contact is gone.
Question I have is, the house is under warranty and the electrician has been out. He's saying the cause was running both appliances at the same time.
Am I correct in thinking surely if this was the issue the 13a fuse should have blown and not have the switch melt instead.
Tested the fuse in a lamp, it still works.
When this happened the rcd in the fuse board also didn't trip.
I'm guessing when installed the wires simply were not done tight and it's been arcing the last two years. The washing machine is close by and does rattle everything a lot so I guess this would not have helped.
Next step is checking all the sockets as I identified one last year with a similar issue when I noticed the housing didn't go flush with the wall.
Thanks