Hi,
Last week the wall socket circuit tripped at the consumer unit when I switched on the toaster. I thought I must have overloaded as the dish washer and tumble drier were on at same time. I turned them off, reset the trip and put the toaster back on. Immediately tripped the circuit again.
I guessed the toaster was at fault, so threw it away and purchased another.
A few days later, the circuit tripped again. I wasn't aware of anything particular being switched on at the time but with 2 kids in the house I wasn't sure. But certainly wasn't the toaster or the socket its used in.
It's now tripped again tonight and all members of the house were in the lounge. No one had turned anything on at the time it tripped and no high load devices running elsewhere (kettle, dishwasher, cooker etc)
The switch that's tripping has a test button on and states 30mA on it.
All other circuits fine
Any ideas?
Obviously I'll get a qualified electrician out to do any work but I always like to be a little informed before getting tradesmen involved.....help prevent being ripped off if you know even just a little
Thanks
Last week the wall socket circuit tripped at the consumer unit when I switched on the toaster. I thought I must have overloaded as the dish washer and tumble drier were on at same time. I turned them off, reset the trip and put the toaster back on. Immediately tripped the circuit again.
I guessed the toaster was at fault, so threw it away and purchased another.
A few days later, the circuit tripped again. I wasn't aware of anything particular being switched on at the time but with 2 kids in the house I wasn't sure. But certainly wasn't the toaster or the socket its used in.
It's now tripped again tonight and all members of the house were in the lounge. No one had turned anything on at the time it tripped and no high load devices running elsewhere (kettle, dishwasher, cooker etc)
The switch that's tripping has a test button on and states 30mA on it.
All other circuits fine
Any ideas?
Obviously I'll get a qualified electrician out to do any work but I always like to be a little informed before getting tradesmen involved.....help prevent being ripped off if you know even just a little
Thanks