Half sockets in flat not working?

[nameisme]

Hello all,

Hope someone can give some advice.

Electric was working great in flat until one day it started to trip over and over. Would not stay on.
Electriction came out and spent ages trying to find out why to no avail. He did say there was a fault with one of the sockets in a bedroom and messed around with it and changed a few things. Soon after he left half the sockets stopped working in flat and also it still kept tripping.
I then discovered there was a leak from kitchen sink dripping onto a stupildly placed socket under cupboard under sink. When I removed the washing maching which was plugged into this socket it no longer was tripping. Sadly still half the sockets not working though but no more tripping.
Had another electician out who spent hours trying to figure out how to get the sockets working again no no avail. He said it was probably a fault with a wire under a carpet or in wall and would have to have the whole electrics rewired.

What are your thoughts on this? Maybe last electrictan missed something or should have checked something he did not check? He said the RCD is still working and is on, so it is safe but still have sockets which do not work.
I have attached a pic of the electric cicuit as it currently is now, if I turn on any of the other breakers which are currently off, then the electric trips.

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[ktuludays]

Very difficult from here to give you a decent answer.

Without being on site and testing and seeing what's physically in front of you it's nigh on impossible to say What the fault is

 

[EFLImpudence]

Plus - the circuits aren't labelled so even worse.

 

[daviesm1976]

Guess it depends on if it's a ring or a radial. If a radial the simplest explanation would be a loose connection/ broken cable in the last working socket or first non working one.

You'd think a spark would find this though and do some testing to find out where the wire was broken. I suppose it would depend on how experienced the spark was or if he felt there was not enough money involved for the time it would take to investigate fully.

 

[nameisme]

The last sparky said that the electric is safe as the RCD is "ON". So until it is fixed I should be ok if they RCD is on?

 

[daviesm1976]

Well yes. I'm not a spark but an RCD is designed to shut off the electric in the case of certain faults. The working sockets should be safe to use especially if a sparky has said so.

 

[conny]

You really need to get a proper electrician in who will tell you what the problem is, what it will take to fix it and a price for doing so.

He/she needs to have C&G 2391-52 Level 3 Award in Periodic Inspection and Testing. If in doubt ask for proof. Those that have it will gladly show you their ticket.
Try to get recommendations from people you know instead of looking numbers up on Google and when you contact them ask them if they are willing to show you their credentials. Only use those that say yes and if someone turns up and says they are in the van or they forgot them ask them to return when they have them.

 

[nameisme]

Thank you. Do you think this would fail a Annual electrical safety check the way it is, even though the RCD is working and in place? thanks.

 

[Adam_151]

Assuming you mean an EICR (though it would not be done annually in a domestic property) then yes... If the RCD trips when you turn any of those breakers on, then you'll definatly have a very low insulation resistance somewhere, or mutiple instances which would be thrown up by a properly carried out EICR

 

[chivers67]

Is there any wiring Schedule of Test results near the DB? Odd that none are labelled whatsoever, the layout isn't something I've come across before but I'm sure some on here have seen that before?

 

[winston1]

Same answers that you got for the same question on the Screwfix forum then.

 

[crystal ball]

Same answers that you got for the same question on the Screwfix forum then.

Please elaborate?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

You need a properly qualified electrician to investigate, it seems you have employed odd job men with little experience so far - hence the not found, not fixed.

 

[winston1]

Please elaborate?

Have a look. Same thread title, similar answers.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Screwfix forum. Where the ever helpful Winston1 calls himself
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