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Thanks - that sounds like the most likely possibility here, as all the others seem to require many things being wrong at the same time. As mentioned it was a professional install that has had no problems for five years, so basic wiring faults seemed a bit unlikely.

I did think about static - but that wouldn’t trip the RCBO Would it? I could contact the electrician who installed the sockets along with all the other wiring (five years ago) but as replacing the socket is a simple job that I have done before, I might just do that anyway.

That’s not an unreasonable comment - but don’t forget that the RCBO tripped the kitchen sockets circuit. My assumption was that the iron was dead by that point - and plugging it in again would just confirm that, requiring a new one to be ordered. I would think 90% of the public would do the same...

This seems a bit of a strange one to me - but here goes…. My wife told me this morning that when I was out last night she got an electric shock from her iron and the RCBO tripped. It turned out that the shock was from the (metal) double socket when she switched the socket off. Today I’ve plugged...

Apologies - I had in my head something about insulation over the fitting being a potential problem.

Thanks, that’s useful information. I agree that it doesn’t seem like a great idea from the sustainability perspective… I’ll just search for something that matches the detachable bezel on the originals. Even my limited electrical skills can transfer the connector. I don’t think fire protection is...

Hi, we had a new kitchen extension done around 5 years ago with plenty of LED downlighters. I asked the electrician at the time how to change the bulbs but he was a bit vague and implied that they would last for many years. So….the first one has now failed. A bit of investigation showed me that...

There are some strange answers here….I’ve lived in two houses with storage heaters downstairs and panel heaters upstairs. I left the last one nearly 20 years ago and I had lived there for ten years. It’s a perfectly adequate method of heating, and in some places is likely to be the only...

Thanks, that sounds like it might be a possibility. Having a look at all the obviously new work around the boiler there is a blue cube about 3in. Square with a small metal lever on the side which moves when the boiler switches on, whether it is via the timer for the old CH system, hot water or...

I have an IKON-T combi boiler that operated radiators with TRVs (via the boiler timer) and hot water until about five years ago when I had a new kitchen fitted with under floor heating. This was added to the existing system and ran from a JG Aura thermostat. A couple of years ago we had...

It sounds like it doesn’t it! The fire alarm was installed by the person we bought the house from - who had carried out massive extension and renovation works, but never actually lived in it. The house has a loft conversion, so I suppose needs a decent alarm but it always seemed a bit over the...

All interesting stuff! I actually know the history of the consumer unit. About every six months the old setup used to ‘nuisance trip’ and almost unbelievably this twice coincided with our holidays...A friend of a friend (who is an electrician) fitted all the RCBOs at what seemed like a very...

Thanks John. That being the case, how would the EV Charger fitters know what fuse was in there if they are not allowed to open the holder (or do you have to wait for the fuse to blow)? If it is relevant, there must already be a fair load drawn at times - it's a five bedroom house and the...

They are miniature RCBOs, the test button is the grey triangle at the bottom (marked with a 'T' but you cant see that in the picture).

Many thanks for the reply. My guess is that the timeswitch might have once been part of an old storage and/or water heating system? The house has had gas central heating since we moved in 18 years ago. The FCU at the bottom might also be connected to the same thing? In those 18 years I have...