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Hi John, I'm guessing you are probably a qualified electrician, I didn't mean to offend you I'm sure there are grea ones out there like you. Unfortuantely there are also a lot of not so good ones - and I've met a few. One was all down for chasing holes in a wall to rewire the upsatirs circuit...

Thanks Martin - that is exactly what I plan to do. I don't think it is too complicated and am more confident in my ability than I am in a number of 'qualified' electricians I have had for various jobs over the last few years. Will keep you posted on what I find - but will be a little while as I...

Interesting development. I bought a circuit tester. Decided to go for a good one rather than cheap version. Bought a KewTech Loopcheck 107. So the 'dodgy socket' gets an amber light on the earth, ie a faulty earth, so yes there is something worng with the socket. The other sockets on the...

John, Thanks for the suggestion - that was a fear at the back of my mind. I was hoping it could not possibly be true as we have had an electrician test the whole house a few months back and it all passed! However I shall be investing in one of those plug in testers you mentioned just to be...

John D - I think you are right I am going to have to replace the wiring to the dodgy socket (still don't understand why the kettle and other appliances work in this socket without tripping?!) but the problem is socket is in a built in cupboard and wires then go under the floorboward the cupboard...

Hi - yes I did suspect that and in previous post above someone already mentioned to check the extension, which i did and it does have an earth. In fact I plugged the fridge into the extension then the extension into the 'dodgy' socket and it tripped but the fridge via same extension works in...

Yes - it is very weird. My main box has 2 RCD's one for downstairs and one upstairs. I traced the trip by switching off individual circuits until I found which one was tripping. In that room there are a number of scokets - the one that fails with the fridge as well as others. I plugged a light...

Yes RCD not RCB OK - so I have tried plugging the fridge into 3 different extension leads all of which work in other socikets, but plugging the extension lead (with fridge connected) into the original socket and it trips!! However other appliances in the same socket (eg kettle) do not cause a...

..but it does not make sense why would it work plugged into another socket? If the appliance is faulty it would trip in any socket. That is what I do not understand

fortunately I cannot pull any more cable out, very restricted. I did put tape on but still have same problem. My logic was flwaed anyway - why would the socket work for other appliances eg I put kettle in which I believe is high drain and it works without tripping. This would imply the wine...

apologies for confusion - yes it was RCB that tripped not MCB (now you know how little I know!). I think I found it - the wires behind the socket are chaffed, in fact I can see the wire in the Live cable as plastic covering is cut through. I assume that even though it is in a hidden and...

Had a call from wife the MCB tripped and each time she went to reset it instantly tripped again. When I got home I traced it to my wine fridge. Strange thing is I have had this switched on for at least 3 years. More strange if I plug it into a different socket on the same circuit it does not...