Fridge freezer tripping

[Moleman]

I have just had a consumer unit fitted to my fairly elderly wiring( 30 years) and the fridge freezer is not on a dedicated circuit. The end result of this is that it keeps on tripping. The electrician has told me that, rather than rewiring it with its own circuit, I could get over this problem by fitting a screen socket, but nobody round here knows what I am talking about. Help!

 

[RF Lighting]

I think your electrician had fobbed you off.

Are you certain it is the fridge causing the RCD to trip?

 

[baz1968]

Screened sockets are used for surge suppression to protect sensitive equipment from mains surges, lighting strikes, etc. They are usually very expensive as the equipment they protect is even more expensive. I think your spark is talking rubbish, you either have an earth fault on the circuit that supplies the freezer that your old mains board could not detect, or your freezer (due to age or damage) has an earth leakage that exceeds the recommended 30 milliamp protection. The circuit needs correct testing by a competent person to rectify any faults or the freezer needs repairing/replacing

 

[Adam_151]

I'm not sure its quite as daft as it sounds at first, humour me, have you got a surge protected extension lead, of the type sold for computers? Give that a go on the freezer (or at least plugged into an outlet protected by the same RCD as close as possible to the one the freezer is plugged into)

 

[Moleman]

I'm as certain as I can be that the fridge freezer is causing the tripping, since it happens when nothing else is connected to that ring main . The fridge freezer itself is about 5 years old and was PAT tested a couple of months ago, found to be OK. I think I will try a surge protected extension socket; this is at least cheap and may save replacing either the fridge freezer or taking it off the ring main & fitting dedicated wiring. Thanks