I have had a curious series of events take place, which I am happy to write off as just one of those things. But, I thought I'd get some further thoughts.
I was preparing a property to re-let. Previous tenant had no reports of issues with things not working etc.
Property was empty for a few weeks which was enough time to do a few remedial issues.
It is an all electric property with storage heaters (circa mid to late 00s)
I also in that time got a full ECIR and although only recommended, upgraded to a new consumer unit with all rcbo's. There was no RCD protection previously. The installation prior was perhaps late 90s?
Anyway, everything seemed fine.
But shortly the first week after the tenant moved in, the washing/dryer developed a fault, an endless drying loop (it may also have actually given the tenant a small shock), the machine was only 4 years old. We replaced it immediately for expediency. We felt it was not worth trying to fix it.
Then the older solid stove top developed a fault.I assume the element died in that too. It was old and ugly, so it got replaced too.
Then the electric shower failed, stopped heating water, element?. Again, we just decided to replace it.
Now, suddenly one of the three storage heaters seems to be on the blink. It seems to be tripping one of the RCBOs.
Just one of those things where everything fails at the same time?
Now, regarding the storage heater. I think had an insulation resistance test on the ECIR which I assume showed no issue. Granted this was a few weeks ago and something can fail any time.
Is there anything I can do with a simple multimeter continuity test? Could this be done without dismantling the thing to get at the heating elements?
Or do I need something more beefy to test it, like another insulation resistance test.
In the mean time I may do the basics, like check the fuse spur connections. I assume the electrician checked them as part of the ECIR, but perhaps there was/is a loose connection.
Apologies for the long post. I felt I should supply as much context as possible.
I was preparing a property to re-let. Previous tenant had no reports of issues with things not working etc.
Property was empty for a few weeks which was enough time to do a few remedial issues.
It is an all electric property with storage heaters (circa mid to late 00s)
I also in that time got a full ECIR and although only recommended, upgraded to a new consumer unit with all rcbo's. There was no RCD protection previously. The installation prior was perhaps late 90s?
Anyway, everything seemed fine.
But shortly the first week after the tenant moved in, the washing/dryer developed a fault, an endless drying loop (it may also have actually given the tenant a small shock), the machine was only 4 years old. We replaced it immediately for expediency. We felt it was not worth trying to fix it.
Then the older solid stove top developed a fault.I assume the element died in that too. It was old and ugly, so it got replaced too.
Then the electric shower failed, stopped heating water, element?. Again, we just decided to replace it.
Now, suddenly one of the three storage heaters seems to be on the blink. It seems to be tripping one of the RCBOs.
Just one of those things where everything fails at the same time?
Now, regarding the storage heater. I think had an insulation resistance test on the ECIR which I assume showed no issue. Granted this was a few weeks ago and something can fail any time.
Is there anything I can do with a simple multimeter continuity test? Could this be done without dismantling the thing to get at the heating elements?
Or do I need something more beefy to test it, like another insulation resistance test.
In the mean time I may do the basics, like check the fuse spur connections. I assume the electrician checked them as part of the ECIR, but perhaps there was/is a loose connection.
Apologies for the long post. I felt I should supply as much context as possible.