I have a problem which I have already ran past various electricians, without success.
I have an old-style fusebox next to my gas meter. Yesterday morning, began an extremely loud, single, metallic-sounding explosive bang from this same general area. It was frightening.
Roughly once every one to two hours. There was no buzzing, crackling, flash or smell. Nothing tripped. It seemed completely random. I was sitting at home alone, with no appliances being switched on or off. Nothing affected.
After contacting numerous emergency electricians without finding anyone immediately available, I eventually found an electrician through a friend. He isolated six existing sockets at the sockets themselves.
The banging stopped and has not returned.
Respectfully, I wasn't confident in the electrician's ability to establish the cause, as he seemed somewhat out of his depth. So I would like someone more experienced to investigate it properly.
At the time of calling around for an emergency electrician I took the opportunity to ask each of them what might have been causing the bang, and they were mystified.
There are green/yellow wires clamped to the gas pipe near the gas meter, and I have wondered whether the sound could have been coming from there. Although the proximity of the gas and electricity meters made it impossible to source the sound, the nature of the sound has made me somewhat convinced that the noise was from here. But I should be open minded I guess.
Has anyone any thoughts on what might cause this?
I’m certainly not looking to do anything myself - I just want to understand the possibilities well enough to help me hire someone competent.
I have an old-style fusebox next to my gas meter. Yesterday morning, began an extremely loud, single, metallic-sounding explosive bang from this same general area. It was frightening.
Roughly once every one to two hours. There was no buzzing, crackling, flash or smell. Nothing tripped. It seemed completely random. I was sitting at home alone, with no appliances being switched on or off. Nothing affected.
After contacting numerous emergency electricians without finding anyone immediately available, I eventually found an electrician through a friend. He isolated six existing sockets at the sockets themselves.
The banging stopped and has not returned.
Respectfully, I wasn't confident in the electrician's ability to establish the cause, as he seemed somewhat out of his depth. So I would like someone more experienced to investigate it properly.
At the time of calling around for an emergency electrician I took the opportunity to ask each of them what might have been causing the bang, and they were mystified.
There are green/yellow wires clamped to the gas pipe near the gas meter, and I have wondered whether the sound could have been coming from there. Although the proximity of the gas and electricity meters made it impossible to source the sound, the nature of the sound has made me somewhat convinced that the noise was from here. But I should be open minded I guess.
Has anyone any thoughts on what might cause this?
I’m certainly not looking to do anything myself - I just want to understand the possibilities well enough to help me hire someone competent.
