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Thanks again lectrician for your sound and much welcomed advice. I will get the sparky to come out again and advise on the points you raised. Thanks again, and I will let you know the hopefully sucessful outcome.

I have checked the service head. A large brown earth cable branches off from the incoming cable (service head) onto an earthing block on the consumer unit back board. The earth is then taken from this to the consumer unit. Also an earth is connected to the bathroom water pipes from the unit...

Many Thanks for your reply lectrician. I am at work at the mo so cannot check the service head at the minute. however i do remember a large earth cable bolted to the consumer unit back board. We used to have economy 7 heating but this along with the control unit was dismantled when the consumer...

Hi, The mcb and rccb always trip together. The fault happens during the night, never during the day when the sockets are being utilised. The ring circuit supplies 5 sockets . (lounge)1 x standard lamp, 1 x televisio/dvd. 1 x display cabinet. Bedroom 1 x double socket (alarm clock). bedroom...

Thanks for your replies. The main rcd is rated at 30ma. The mcb is rated at32A. there are 5 sockets on this ring circuit. circuit impedance is; 0.73(phase) 0.68 (neutral) 0.56(cpc) insulation resistance; p/n 199.9 p/e 199.9 n/e 199.9 max earth fault loop impedace 0.98 the kitchen sockets...

The (ring/socket) mcb keeps tripping causing the RCCB to trip. If I turn off all the other mcb`s, and then reset the (ring/socket) mcb, I can then after about twenty flicks of the RCCB, can manage to reset this mcb. Then I can reset the other mcb`s. The problem only seems to occur after about...

I have recently had a new circuit board fitted. Also new sockets in kitchen and bedrooms. Recently the mcb (ring) keeps trippin overnight causing all the mcb`s to trip.If i disconnect everything, and reset the (ring/ sockets) leaving the other mcb off, the main flick switch will reset after...