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[Taylortwocities]

In my case, it was the macerator.



Funnily enough, the whole house tripped a couple of days ago when Mrs Mottie put a slice of bread in the toaster. It’s only about 6 months old. I turned it upside down, gave it a shake in case anything was stuck inside, reset the breaker and everything was okay. I switched it on and off about 20 times and it’s not caused any problems so hoping it was just a one-off.

Probably a sultana from your hot cross bun!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Funnily enough, the whole house tripped a couple of days ago when Mrs Mottie put a slice of bread in the toaster. It’s only about 6 months old. I turned it upside down, gave it a shake in case anything was stuck inside, reset the breaker and everything was okay. I switched it on and off about 20 times and it’s not caused any problems so hoping it was just a one-off.

All it needs is a crumb of bread, carbonised, shorting the bar element to the metal case.

 

[Echo the husky]

All it needs is a crumb of bread, carbonised, shorting the bar element to the metal case.

I'd expect a little more clearance between live parts and earthed parts than the width of a crumb of bread!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I'd expect a little more clearance between live parts and earthed parts than the width of a crumb of bread!

Crumbs, as you should know, can build up, and the elements of a toaster are open, surrounded by earthed metal.

 

[Mottie]

I'd expect a little more clearance between live parts and earthed parts than the width of a crumb of bread!

Talk of toaster elements reminded me of the time I was round my mates and we heard his 14 year old daughter scream from the kitchen. We ran in there and she said a man had grabbed her by the shoulders and then ran out of the back door. We charged out, I went one way, he went the other but we both drew a blank. When we went back in, he asked her exactly what happened and she said she was making some toast, the bread got stuck, she tried to free it with a knife and that’s when she was grabbed from behind. Of course, she’d had an electric shock and one look at the knife confirmed it!