Fuse box tripping?

Benty1985 · Friday at 9:26 AM

Yeah nothing obvious in those locations so must be in the ceiling. I'd agree with rodent. Old houses that are still partially connected. Little *******s chewed through my bath pipe years ago and flooded the kitchen. It was worse for one of my neighbours. They had to do some serious renovations

pete01 · Friday at 9:29 AM

If you dont mind a bit of darkness (you could use lamps) and you aren't in a rush I'd split the circuit and wait.

If you dont fancy that try and find a decent electrician.

Benty1985 · Friday at 9:55 AM

Yeah I've messaged few including the original one. Just waiting on responses. Off work next week so I have more time to focus on getting this sorted

pete01 · Friday at 10:12 AM

Benty1985 said:
Yeah I've messaged few including the original one. Just waiting on responses. Off work next week so I have more time to focus on getting this sorted

Keep us updated, it's driving me nuts now

Benty1985 · Friday at 10:19 AM

Haha glad it's not just me. I'm the same when I have to investigate issues at work. Root cause analysis is a pain

Harry Bloomfield · Friday at 10:40 AM

Benty1985 said:
3 lights. Vestibule, living room, kitchen. I take it this would involve pulling up the floor boards upstairs?

No it just involves disconnecting wires, in the ceiling roses.

securespark · 2026-03-21T02:10:37+0000

Harry Bloomfield said:
No it just involves disconnecting wires, in the ceiling roses.

Assuming the light fittings are all roses.

And the wiring system is not the junction box method...

Harry Bloomfield · 2026-03-21T09:21:15+0000

securespark said:
Assuming the light fittings are all roses.

And the wiring system is not the junction box method...

The only way for the OP to progress this, is to make a start, yet he seems somewhat reluctant.

Benty1985 · 2026-03-21T09:55:03+0000

Reluctant as I don't want muck about with my wiring. Which is why I'm waiting on a few electricians. Post originally started about advice to see if it was potentially something i may feel confident trying as I don't mind a bit of DIY, or if others may have seen this before

securespark · 2026-03-21T12:05:58+0000

Just had another look at your consumer unit.

The cover looks like it is pressed up against the test buttons for the 6A RCBOs.

Could it be exerting slight pressure on one of the buttons?

Benty1985 · 2026-03-21T14:28:41+0000

I doubt it. It's gone from only the downstairs switch to just the upstairs ones since the wires were moved.

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