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Many thanks for your reply. We did get 'electrical installation certificate' but building control were not notified, were told this was not required. You mention it would be ..cheaper to replace the whole thing' Do you mean the whole consumer unit?

It's our first house after moving from a council flat, so hired a builder to complete some renovation on this old house that we bought. We thought the electrician knew what he was doing but apparently not. I think what he had done, is assigned all the sockets in one RCD the one in question...

Photo of the consumer unit

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Yes I think all the sockets are on this RCD. How much will it cost to reconfigure?

Yes. Sorry for the confusion. gas hob is not affected.

No, the 3rd switch from the right. Next to 'cooker' on the right, without any label.

Here is the photo. It's the switch 3rd from the right.

You may be right. Two weeks ago, on this rare occasion, we used the microwave to cook an Aubergine on a extremely high heat but covered the egg plant with a plastic food covering, which melted badly. The microwave oven is built in. When it's on by itself, without the electric oven, it's...

Thanks guys, will do when I go home.

Sorry not sure if its RCD, but in the consumer unit, it trips when something is wrong.

Hi there :D Every time we use an microwave oven along with the oven and plasma Tv, it trips the fuse. We only had the new complete rewiring done 3 years ago when we renovated the house. But since then we've added couple of appliances in the living room, like security light for the drive...

Sorry now realized. I hadn't put the right fuse back on again, in the fuse box.

yes, I tried the on/off button on the boiler as well the main electrical switch on the wall, but to no avail. It seems it's completely off, as someone had turned off the main power.