can anyone tell me what I should do, just bought a rangemaster dualfuel cooker and when the sparky tried to connect the cooker the fuse blows straight away, any ideas what might be wrong
Your sparky is faulty.
Replace him.
Been lied to.what have I DONE
That's quite common with old elements - they develop tiny cracks, and when not used for a while moisture gets in and creates an earth fault which will trip an RCD. Once dried out they are OK.The fuse blows straightaway before i try to turn anything on.I have since spoken to rangemaster and they seem to think that maybe the elements are damp.
Don't do that until:I might be able to just change the elements
Current Operated Earth Leakage Breakers
The combined use of your cooker and other domestic appliances may cause nuisance tripping, so we recommend that the cooker is protected on an individual RCD (Residual Current Device) or RCBO (Residual Current Breaker with Overload).
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