Recent content by LadyJane

Hi, thanks to all for reading the post and for your suggestions. Electrician found fault and has narrowed it down to a particular length of cable by doing his testing, and eliminating different sections as he went. The length of cable in question goes from the last socket to the fuse box...

I phoned electrician and apparently it's a test he always does on a live circuit to measure earth looping, he called it the 'zed S' test. The fault on my socket circuit might have caused it to blow the fuse in his tester. He is now asking how I am becoming so knowledgeable in the electrical...

Hi, thanks for all your replies. This is where we are at the minute. The electrician has said it was the live circuit earth test that must have blown the fuse in his machine. When he turned off mcb and went to do a continuing(?) test on the red cables, his machine wasn't already working. It...

Well, it gets interesting. When electrician arrived the 'MCB' was off, he turned it on and did not trip the RCD. We waited 5 mins, still no trip. Then he pLugged his machine into downstairs socket. First test was 'no trip' and passed. Next two meant to trip it and it did. Put RCD back on, still...

Hi, Thanks for replies, looks like I'll have to wait and see what the electrician finds out. I have double checked everything is unplugged. The kitchen is seperate so freezer, washing machine etc are all on different circuit. I'll let you know how he gets on tonight.

Hi thankkyou John, very quick reply. The big switch says Crabtree RCCB, is this what is meant by RCD? I understand where he was going now with his questions. He also asked about outside power,lights etc as it was a very rainy day.But we dont have any. I'm just concerned as on the phone he...

Hi Came home from work late at night to find no power. The RCD had tripped. Put it back on, all is well. It tripped 5 mins later, put it back on, tripped about 10 mins later. Rang electrician who advised to turn off all circuits, put rcd on and then one by one put fuses on to see which one...