Hello, just a follow up to my recent post about my battery charger adapter melting.
I was getting concerned that I had an electric issue after an adapter I was using to charge a battery pack melted on me and tripped out the sockets switch in the consumer unit. The adapter seemed to work fine charging in another property which has an old manual fuse box. It melted after charging for only 15mins in this more modern house. It tripped the circuit and blew the fuse in the four plug extension.
Separate to this issue I had also been concerned that there was a possible underlying issue as my electrics tripped out as when I used the tumble dryer. The circuit trips out if I used other electrics (kettle, oven etc.) which plugged into different sockets but used at the same time as the tumble dryer.
Although the tumble dryer is plugged in to a four way extension (not ideal) the other devices plugged into that do not exceed 13amps (in fact they are not usually on if the dryer is on).
Another thing I notice i that all the lights flicker when I turn an electric item with a high power draw on. This happens with the kettle, vacuum cleaner, dryer etc. The lights dim slightly. Is this normal in houses with modern electrics? I always thought this was a sign of bad electrics...
This is a list of the trip switches and RCD in the unit
B6 (Lighting)
B20 (Downstairs Sockets)
B32 (garage)
RCD 80A 30mA WRS80/2
B16 (Secuirty Alarm)
B32 (Cooker)
B16 (Sockets)
B16 (Sockets)
RCD 80A 30mA WRS80/2
Main Switch
I will get an electrician in if there is an issue. I would not think of mesing with anything myself. But was intrigued if anything stood out as being a bit wrong.
Many thanks
I was getting concerned that I had an electric issue after an adapter I was using to charge a battery pack melted on me and tripped out the sockets switch in the consumer unit. The adapter seemed to work fine charging in another property which has an old manual fuse box. It melted after charging for only 15mins in this more modern house. It tripped the circuit and blew the fuse in the four plug extension.
Separate to this issue I had also been concerned that there was a possible underlying issue as my electrics tripped out as when I used the tumble dryer. The circuit trips out if I used other electrics (kettle, oven etc.) which plugged into different sockets but used at the same time as the tumble dryer.
Although the tumble dryer is plugged in to a four way extension (not ideal) the other devices plugged into that do not exceed 13amps (in fact they are not usually on if the dryer is on).
Another thing I notice i that all the lights flicker when I turn an electric item with a high power draw on. This happens with the kettle, vacuum cleaner, dryer etc. The lights dim slightly. Is this normal in houses with modern electrics? I always thought this was a sign of bad electrics...
This is a list of the trip switches and RCD in the unit
B6 (Lighting)
B20 (Downstairs Sockets)
B32 (garage)
RCD 80A 30mA WRS80/2
B16 (Secuirty Alarm)
B32 (Cooker)
B16 (Sockets)
B16 (Sockets)
RCD 80A 30mA WRS80/2
Main Switch
I will get an electrician in if there is an issue. I would not think of mesing with anything myself. But was intrigued if anything stood out as being a bit wrong.
Many thanks