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Thanks, FrodoOne, for taking the time to clearly explain the innards of my consumer unit. The house was built in the 1980s and the consumer unit was only changed to the one pictured within the last 5 years. To my relatively poor understanding of electricity, I haven't as yet understood the...

I believe that it is steam/condensation/splash water arising from cooking with gas. In each case of tripping the consumer unit, the oven has never been in use, always cold.

Yes, the kitchen is vented and the gas hob has an overhead canopy with light, filter and extractor. Nevertheless, when cooking, there's plenty of steam/condensation and even a bit of boiling-over-the-saucepan so plenty of water........some of which is causing my problem, I think.

The gas hob plinth looks to be sealed around the marble worktop......although I'm thinking that there is a leak path, hence the issue. It's tripped about 4-5 times in the last 6 months. Prior to last night, it tripped while cooking (with gas). Last night, somewhat bizarrely, it tripped at...

It's only ever tripped when the oven is off/cold. Water from gas hob cooking somehow causes the consumer unit to trip. The only electrical load appears to be the clock.

Thanks for the reply. Picture of the consumer unit attached. The first black switch on the right, immediately to the left of the two red main switches, trips.

Thanks for the response, much appreciated. There is nothing else plugged in when it trips. Each time it has happened, it has behaved the same. Turn back on at the consumer unit. The clock on the electric oven will flash. Immediately after starting the set clock process, it will trip again...

We have a Bosch built-in oven, HBN531.0B, located below a Bosch 4-ring gas hob, installed around 8 years ago. A few months ago, steam/condensation/water from cooking seemed to cause the consumer unit to trip. With it turned back on, as soon as I tried to set the clock on the oven, it tripped...

Many thanks for your response, much appreciated. Will the application of Flomasta Pipe Seal give me the ability to tighten and orientate the new valve to the same position as the current one, per the picture?

This is a Quick, Italian, boiler installed within a boat. The thermostatic valve has failed (stuck fully open). I've bought a like-for-like replacement but I'd appreciate some advice before tackling the job. To remove the valve without a risk of breaking the fitting out of the boiler, I assume...

I've measured the resistance along the length of the coax lead from wall socket to recorder. The outer shield is 0.2 ohm and the inner is 0.5 ohm. I've now recorded a random Ch5 program, in addition to a Ch4. I believe that this is also on the Channel 34/PSB2 mux which has given me the...

Thanks again for your help, much appreciated. I'm pretty sure that the issue is confined to RF channel 34. The corresponding TV programs can pixelate whereas those on PSB1 seem fine. When the Freeview guy installed a new aerial, he also added a channel 59 filter as his signal analyser showed a...

It's an SH893M. I had a web chat with a Samsung agent yesterday. At first he suggested an aerial/reception issue but when I asked why the TV gave a good picture on the same channel, especially given that it receives its signal downstream of the recorder. His response was to suggest that I...

Many thanks, Lucid, The (new) aerial does not look to have moved since it was installed last summer. There is no aerial amp and both coax leads, from wall socket to video and from video to TV, look ok, albeit not changed in more than 10 years. The problem last year was with BBC channels. The...

A bit of background. About a year ago, I had a problem with both TV and video recorder screen pixelation after some changes at Winter Hill, north Manchester. It was solved by the nice people at Freeview by replacing my aerial. TV is LG, video is Samsung, both more than 10 years old. Now, TV...

My aerial only has horizontally polarised elements. Yesterday early evening seemed mostly good reception but then BBC1 started pixelating. We switched to 751 and 752 and there were no further occurrences for the rest of the evening. I'll keep my eye on the Freeview website. Thanks again to...

Thanks, again, I do appreciate all of the help being offered. Thank you all. I'll check to see if I have a vertically or horizontally polarised elements. I guess by TV metering systems you mean professional, not the sort of meter to be found at Homebase? Given that my aerial is absolutely not...

Thanks for this, Rodders, I've checked the site and Winter Hill is 28km bearing 338 deg and Haslingden is 35km bearing 005 deg. That sounds like a sensible approach but I've no easy means of going aloft. Plus, when the signal is breaking up it's usually windy, not always good mix. If I'm...

Well, I was confused before I wrote my query......now's there's no hope :D I can get BBC1 on Ch 751 (didn't know I had a Ch 751 until 5 minutes ago). Ch 1 is behaving itself today. Next time it starts breaking up I'll try Ch 751. I clicked on the link and came across another page showing...

Thanks, Lucid, That's a very comprehensive response, thanks for taking the time to construct it. I've gooled Group T Log 36 Periodic TV aerial and there seems a huge choice with very differing prices. Without contravening any forum rules, any recommendations of a decent quality brand? As I...