Recent content by silverdiy

Thanks everyone for all the time and thought you've given to this. A bit of background that I skipped in my original post: After suffering a number of RCD trips last year (one of which tripped the kitchen MCB) I called in the qualified electrician who had wired a new ring in the kitchen when...

Theres a lot of background to my question but just keeping it short-ish ... For over a year I've had intermittent trips on the RCD and after a lot of advice/searching decided the most likely cause was a rather old fridge on one of the power rings but not the kitchen socket ring. Since this...

Reasons for wanting to sort this are: 1. possible loss of freezer and fridge contents when we're out for more than half a day. Plus nuisance of the alarm kicking in. 2. if my wife is left alone - temp or permanently :-(( - she just won't be able to cope with it !! I spoke to the electrician...

securespark He did an insulation test on the protected circuits. I haven't got the results, I didn't notice him writing anything down, I assume he just made a mental note that everything was OK/within spec. Iggifer There is only one RCD in the CU and this protects 3 rings circuits. Lighting...

Re my post today on Electrics UK (subject 'Weird RCD Trips'), can anyone please tell me how often the auto defrost is activated on a fridge? Can it be as long as about one month between one auto defrost and another? Thanks Silver

About 6 years ago we had the consumer unit replaced with a modern version containing MCBs and an RCD on the power circuits. Earlier this year the RCD tripped, I reset it immediately and put it down to 'this is what you get with modern stuff'. Then it tripped again, perhaps a month or so later...