Recent content by nigel_jewell

Yeah, I think I'm going to have to go through this exercise anyway - just to be sure.

Okay ... at the moment it looks like an arrestor is winning. The toilet seems to fill in about 30 seconds ;). Seriously - I'm not sure I would have to check the actual figure ...

Do you think that is a better solution than trying to reduce the pressure?

Hi all, For a few years the incoming water feed into our house has been MDPE to stopcock to 15mm copper. The pipe then split into 15mm copper to feed the combination boiler and all cold taps upstairs and an old lead pipe to feed the cold taps and appliances downstairs. This lead pipe had...

Hi all, I have tried "cooking" the element before use, this hasn't helped at all, and all of the cooker cabling and connections are in good condition. Thanks for all of your replies - very helpful. I think that I've come to the conclusion that I'll get someone out to test the RCD and the...

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I haven't tried connecting the cooker without the outlet. Maybe that is the next thing to try. The RCD does not trip when the cooker is connected and all of the control are off. Similarly, it does not trip when the oven is on and not the grill. It ONLY...

Hi all, Recently our RCD has been tripping when we have been using the cooker grill. This has become more and more frequent, to a point where it is guaranteed that using the grill will trip the RCD every time, but at a random point in time. My initial thought was that the grill element...