Recent content by Toddzbox

Thanks for all your help John you've helped me move away from one culprit and given me a few more ideas to chase up. Stephen OK

To save confusing you again, your previous answer stands in that it can't be the dishwasher. So I've now unplugged everything I can, except the boiler which is wired into a fused plate.

The consumer unit has two sides both populated by what I would have called in the old days fuses. The part of the unit to the right is the one causing the RCD to trip. When using the dishwasher on a lead, it's on a different circuit with another RCD which doesn't trip. Sorry if I confused you.

If you meant to say Dishwasher Andy, yes. As a non electrician we haven't ever had the tumble drier, dishwasher, washing machine and heating on at the same time cos it seems too much power for one circuit to me.

Well it's gone twice using the lead, but I take your point, and check my facts. The only thing running when we left today was the dishwasher. But you're right.

That's food for thank you. Not being keen on marigolds we have been using the dishwasher via an extension lead. This generally works - certainly better than plugged into the behind the kitchen unit near the kitchen sink socket! I shall have good think and root around.

Here's my problem: I hope I've isolated the appliance that causes the right hand side of our consumer unit RCD to trip. If we leave the dishwasher on alone we can come home to find the CU has tripped. I flip off the offending circuit (washing machine, tumble dryer, heating boiler, dishwasher)...