Recent content by RoryL

Yeas an electrical safety inspection is on the cards anyway, prior to renting out, and you're the second person to express concern at the consumer unit, so I'll get that looked at and likely replaced. Thanks.

Just to let you you guys know that I think I solved the problem in the end. It seemed to be a simple matter of resetting the RCD switch to the 'down' position by pressing the button in while I did that, with the main power switch off. It stayed there, and then when I switched the main power...

That's what's weird. Maybe that RCD needs replacing. I will double check that is the case (that it doesn't reset with power off), and recheck no wires are touching anything in any of the sockets, including ones i didn't messa bout with that day, but are actually off the wall from some time...

lol, ok thanks. I didn't realise there was anything wrong with the unit. Damn.

Ok, i will give that a try when I'm back over there tomorrow. But I would've expected if that RCD lever was going to set in the down position, it would be doing it when the main (double) breaker switch - far left is set in the off position, no. I'll report back thanks

The lever on the RCD does move down if I pull it and yes the power to the sockets does come on if I hold the lever down. But you can feel it's sprung and wants to come up. If I press and hold the button above the lever, the lever seems go down a little further and it releases some of the...

Will do, I'm not back over there until saturday (as it's a house I'm renovating for rental purposes) but I'll take some snaps and post them up. Thanks

When you say the RCD is tripping, is it supposed to sit in another position than that 'one o'clock' position? Because it doesn't seem to, regardless of whether the main (double) power tripswitch is on or off. I really have had a close look at the wring of those sockets, and as I say, even...

I'm concerned I might have pulled a wire out of a junction box in the wall while was fiddling about. But without really knowing anything felt like if that was the case, the sockets up to that point should at least work. Or is that not the case on a ring-main system? But then it surely wouldn't...

Hi, I'm afraid I know little to nothing about electrical things, but basically, I unscrewed a number of plug sockets in my house prior to decorating, and everything was fine. Then the other day after I finished the painting, I turned the main trip-switch off while screwed the sockets back into...