Hi,
Removing a shower pump accidentally touched the neutral wire with the earth wire from pump and tripped the RCD. Reset the RCD only to have the whole Power go off approx 5 seconds later nothing tripped but completely no power on any circuits just dead.
Checked the incoming mains and noticed the electric meter was dead. Called Southern Electric and said that the joint had blown where the house mains connects to the one out in the road. Big Fuse not blown. Having really bad day - surely the electrics should be able to handle this and not blow the incoming mains joint.
anyone help me understand how I've killed the electrics...
H
Removing a shower pump accidentally touched the neutral wire with the earth wire from pump and tripped the RCD. Reset the RCD only to have the whole Power go off approx 5 seconds later nothing tripped but completely no power on any circuits just dead.
Checked the incoming mains and noticed the electric meter was dead. Called Southern Electric and said that the joint had blown where the house mains connects to the one out in the road. Big Fuse not blown. Having really bad day - surely the electrics should be able to handle this and not blow the incoming mains joint.
anyone help me understand how I've killed the electrics...
H