Hi all,
We had a leak in our kitchen a month or so ago. It was a slow leak from a HW pipe, and had probably been going on for weeks / months. Damage is quite minimal though, with most of the dampness going across the floor, and some in the wall along the bottom. Some of the insulation behind the plasterboard was also a bit wet. It's a timber framed house.
What alerted us to the leak was that the dishwasher kept tripping the RCD. The dishwasher socket is situated underneath where the leaking pipe was horizontally going, so it's possible that the water could have trickled down the pipe and into the socket. The main switch to the dishwasher is by the oven and fridge freezer switches. (I'm not sure what the technical term is for that electrical setup) I've taken the socket off the wall and inspected for any burning marks or damage, but all looks ok.
We left the area to dry using a dehumidifier for a good week, before plugging everything back in.However the dishwasher, when running, is still tripping the RCD intermittently - there's no pattern to it.
We've had a Bosch engineer out, as the dishwasher is still under warranty being only 4 months old, and he said it's working fine.
I did plug a kettle into the dishwasher plug and boiled a few times to see if it would trip, but nothing. My next troubleshooting job will be to pull the dishwasher out and plug into another wall socket and run, to rule out if it's definitely not the dishwasher.
Is it best to just get an electrician out? What could be faulty here? The socket?
I'm getting paranoid there's some major issue with the electrics behind the bloody cabinets now!
Any advice greatly appreciated.
We had a leak in our kitchen a month or so ago. It was a slow leak from a HW pipe, and had probably been going on for weeks / months. Damage is quite minimal though, with most of the dampness going across the floor, and some in the wall along the bottom. Some of the insulation behind the plasterboard was also a bit wet. It's a timber framed house.
What alerted us to the leak was that the dishwasher kept tripping the RCD. The dishwasher socket is situated underneath where the leaking pipe was horizontally going, so it's possible that the water could have trickled down the pipe and into the socket. The main switch to the dishwasher is by the oven and fridge freezer switches. (I'm not sure what the technical term is for that electrical setup) I've taken the socket off the wall and inspected for any burning marks or damage, but all looks ok.
We left the area to dry using a dehumidifier for a good week, before plugging everything back in.However the dishwasher, when running, is still tripping the RCD intermittently - there's no pattern to it.
We've had a Bosch engineer out, as the dishwasher is still under warranty being only 4 months old, and he said it's working fine.
I did plug a kettle into the dishwasher plug and boiled a few times to see if it would trip, but nothing. My next troubleshooting job will be to pull the dishwasher out and plug into another wall socket and run, to rule out if it's definitely not the dishwasher.
Is it best to just get an electrician out? What could be faulty here? The socket?
I'm getting paranoid there's some major issue with the electrics behind the bloody cabinets now!
Any advice greatly appreciated.