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....That's what I said! I've hardly been upstairs since I moved out - the only reason I did go up there was to get the dressing table out - hence why things were left as they were. All ok now. Thanks again!

Eureeeeekaaaaa! I found the fault at last! I was just about to post some pics of my CU as well! (Yes you were right about the order ...incomer...100A...RCD...Cct Bkrs...Circuits...) It goes back to the very first reply on this thread from Eric - Neutral/Earth fault - and after all of...

Cheers Bongos, I am decorating in there later this afternoon / evening. I'll take a crude pic or two with my phone and upload it for you to have a butchers at. I appreciate the advice anyway - and that's to all of you that have contributed to this thread.

Yes I seem to remember a couple of years ago whilst decorating the downstairs bathroom, I switched off the supply at the RCD and the heater cables coming out of the wall were still showing 240v AC on the Fluke... So maybe that applies here?

No I'm pretty sure it goes: Incomer-->--100A Main Switch-->--Fuseboard-->--RCD-->--final circuits

That's the weird thing - since he cleaned up and packed up, we've had the kettle on the go - as well as this mammoth industrial carpet cleaner. I can describe the boards for you... Basically it starts off with a 100A cct bkr going into the meter, then out to the MCB board with the old style...

Well I took the light fitting down and similar to the switches, it had red cables and black cables with red sleeves attached. On top of that, there was an earth cable too - sleeved. Yes I do have an outside light and the part that backs onto the wall is recessed under a gutter - but worth...

Hi, thanks again for all the advice. My light switches have red cables and black cables with a red band on them - I have since removed the facias and freed all cables from touching anything (including each other). Still the fault remains. I have not yet tried switching lots of lights on to...

...so forgive my ignorance (as I am not entirely sure what a TN-C-S system is) - does this mean that somewhere in the installation a neutral cable is touching earth? I only have a combi boiler (no immersion) and absolutely everything is unplugged and switched off. Just as a thought - I...

Hello, Brand new to this forum - so any advice is hugely appreciated. Plugging any power-consuming appliance (eg drill, vacuum, kettle) to any socket trips the RCD straight away - whereas a computer or radio etc has no effect and works fine. Cannot understand why this has suddenly...