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Thanks - yes the faulty socket has climbed the list of jobs to do! Good call on changing the outlet plate - thats easy enough. My worry was around it being on a 32amp breaker - was worried it might fry the oven.

Again, think I have confused thing - sorry. Currently the oven has a 13 amp 3 pin plug on it. I was using a normal socket on the right of the oven but following the advice on here - tried using it to boil a kettle and discovered that socket has a fault. The switch isnt solid so it going off...

Sorry- I wasnt clear - the point behind the cooker isnt a 3 pin plug point - is a dedicate point that you wire into directly - so I would need to remove the plug off off the oven.

All - thanks for the replies - clearly you know your stuff! So, it looks like the fault is with the socket - the on off switch is flakey - I think thats whats caused the downstairs sockets to trip. Using the socket on the otherside of the over and its fine. Second question though - as there...

I'll try that tonight - you suspect the wall socket might be faulty?

Ah right :-) B32NHXB32

Downstairs sockets - thats all thats written on it

The downstairs ring trips - so all downstairs sockets go dead. The whitegoods are on a separate MCB.

Thanks for replying to the question guys. In the old house it was a standard 4 gang extension - which was plugged into a standard 13 amp wall socket. The old house had very old wiring - in the new house we have plugged it into a standard wall socket - which is on a 32 amp ring. This trips...

Hi, Firstly, sorry for the dumb question - not really up on electrics. We have just moved house and our trusty Smeg oven - which runs off a 13 amp plug - is tripping the downstairs breaker. There is a direct connection behind the oven but this runs to a 32 Amp breaker - I know I cant just...