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Another electrician had only recently replaced the pull cord switch to a shower, yet it failed shortly after. Turned out to be the switch anyway. Yeah, that's the guy! :lol: Electrician is coming round later today to test and sort it all out. Thanks for everyones advice.

Sounds logical, the washing machine and dishwasher were fairly early in their cycle so both will of been using the heating elements. (Just before the breaker went.) I've left the power off for now to that breaker, just hope I can get an electrician out in the next few days. (No washer, dryer...

Nope, straight on, although I'll still be getting it replaced given the advice from Adam_151.

Point taken. I'll be leaving it off. Not sure about the loading. (Didn't even realise the garage was on the same breaker.) At around the time it tripped, it had a washing machine, dishwasher and a freezer on it, turned on. Nothing else though.

I think I'll leave it to the electrician as the insulation around the wire in question has turned to ash over the last couple of inches and chopping it off before the 'burnt' part doesn't leave enough slack to get it into the breaker. That Wylex breaker was put in when we suspected a fault on...

Thanks for the quick reply, BSBS. snip I feared that might be the case.. (increasing the loading of the existing cable.) I'll make sure we're very careful with the appliances on that circuit until the electrician visits this week. Thanks again.

I am not an electrician, nor do I intend to be and I'll be getting a qualified electrician to look at this next week. But, my curiosity has got the better of me so I thought I would ask my questions here. If you have a look at my CU unit shown in the picture above, you can see a charred...