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Well I got to the bottom of it. It was tripping an RCD. And it was a complete coincedence, the water supply had leaked water into the extension socket that the washing machine was plugged into. All dried out and working fine now, thanks all

The dishwasher and washing machine are in different rooms. I will be checking for water/dodgy wiring etc, but it all just seems too coincedental to me.

Its just odd that a few days ago it was my dishwasher tripping the switch, and now its my washing machine, so I think its too much of a coincedence for it to be an actual fault on both machines. What else could it be?

Thanks for the info, I'll have a look and work out what it is when I get home. I dont think its overall current draw related, as I turned on a few high draw devices that are on the same circuit at the same time (cooker, dishwasher, iron, fridge, freezer, toaster) and it didnt trip, but as...

I'm not at home so cant read whats written on it, but can report back later on tonight when I get home. I dont really know what the difference is, I was assuming this was the MCB that was tripping, but maybe its the RCD. The switch that is tripping controls the electrical sockets for the...

One of the MCB's in the house started to trip out, so I went round unplugging everything one by one until it stopped tripping, it turned out it was the dishwasher that was causing the trip, so a new dishwasher was bought and is now working fine. However this morning the MCB started tripping...