trip switch tripped out down stairs sockets

[mondeoglx]

our down stairs trip switch cut out
shuting down our down stairs sockets thus us loosing all our food in our fridge and 2 frezzers these where the only things left on we was away on hol when it happend 1 fridge and frezzer are new 1 frezzer quite old any help plese

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Was it the RCD that tripped, or the MCB for the socket circuit?

 

[mondeoglx]

no just the mcb for the down stairs sockets

 

[holmslaw]

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[mondeoglx]

tks for the reply just switched mcb back to on and all things working

 

[JohnD]

just to check, do you know the difference between an MCB, an RCD and an RCBO?

what is written on the thing that tripped?

how often has it tripped?

what else was running at the time? washing machine, tumbledrier, dishwasher, cooker, kettle, for example?

Are there any outside lights, shed supply, garden fountain supplied off this circuit? Had it been raining when the thing tripped?

 

[mondeoglx]

hi john
we was away on hol when it happend
all what was left on was the fridge and 2 freezers down stairs
the switch in the fuse board was switched off was only the down stairs sockets i switched it back on and the appliances came back on we did here that there was a lot of rain thunder and lightning hope this helps

 

[JohnD]

just to check, do you know the difference between an MCB, an RCD and an RCBO?

what is written on the thing that tripped?

how often has it tripped?

Are there any outside lights, shed supply, garden fountain supplied off this circuit? Had it been raining when the thing tripped?

if it was an RCD or an RCBO, the trip may have been caused lightening, or by water getting into something

hence my questions

 

[STI]

Also did your neighbours say whether there was a short power cut. Freezers and fridges if switched of then switched back on fairly quickly can "jam" up. The pump although its running isnt able to pump anything and gets hotter and hotter usually the plug fuse blows but its just possible that the MCB went first. Because now you have left them off for some time and reset the MCB they are working fine.