Recent content by RogerJohn

Nah it 's one in my kitchen and,yes, "Hands in th Air" as they say, I'm guilty, - I missed it!! Thing is it's not a lamp that's on every day. the only reason I use it is because I have a Micromark kitchen light fitting that overheats the transformer on occasion which cuts out the light until it...

It was a halogen standard lamp. It seems it had become so hot when it was on that it "Crumbled" the insulation on the cables causing the neutral to earth out. The reason it was blowing the board more frequently as time passed, was that each time it was used it caused even more deterioration of...

Thanks for all your help. Had the sparks in today and he solved the problem relatively quickly. It was a neutral/ earth problem which the other guys completely missed. All is deep joy and happiness. Once again, thank you very much for your skill and help.

Thanks again for the suggestions. I opened up and checked every light switch, pendant and ceiling fitting in the house and did any tidying necessary - though other than some exposed cable(now snipped and re connected) there were no apparent faults. I've switched (and unplugged) every...

Thanks Fireman22 for the reply. If I'm honest, I feel it might be the board as well, so I'll take the advice and get an electrician to try out a replacement RCD unit - will keep you posted. Again, thanks too all.

Phew! Am just a punter so don't understand what you suggest. By isolating all I've done is ,Item by Item, remove the plug fom the socket of each appliance until the RCD blows and it did evey time. And I've done that to everything in the house. I will get another electrician in to check this...

Thanks for the prompt replies. No flickering of lights ( in fact that was one of the first things the guy from EDF asked when he checked the supply up to the meter). The supply is underground - in from the street. There is no visual evidence of mice etc and I've been around the house and...

Since the beginning of the month ( so nearly four weeks now ) my RCD has been constantly tripping out. I've had an electrician check out the system - he couldn't find any fault with either the board or the sockets - having spent half a day testing everything. We had EDF Emergy test their supply...