The house has an upstairs & downstairs ring mains. these are both on the same RCD. The upstairs mcb is 16A the downstairs one is 32A.
Recently my Wife was drying her hair upstairs when the dryer sparked, and ignited where the dryer wire goes into the hairdryer housing. i.e the bit where the wire flexes most on use.
She managed to unplug it, and the wire was completely burnt out.
However what concerns me is that neither the MCB or RCD tripped out, and the ring main remained live.
Should this be the case.
Recently my Wife was drying her hair upstairs when the dryer sparked, and ignited where the dryer wire goes into the hairdryer housing. i.e the bit where the wire flexes most on use.
She managed to unplug it, and the wire was completely burnt out.
However what concerns me is that neither the MCB or RCD tripped out, and the ring main remained live.
Should this be the case.