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Hi all,
Firstly a bit of background, we are renovating our house and had a new distribution board going from the old Wylex type to a new RCD protected one. All was fine for a few weeks with the new electrics until the plasterer came.
Because the sockets were pre-existing the plasterer just loosened them from the wall for the skim and this has resulted in them getting plaster inside them [see below image] since plastering the downstairs ring main which also powers the boiler keeps tripping either the MCB or RCD with no correlation.
The trips vary from instantly to being hours apart but never goes a full day without tripping. I have disconnected the worst effected sockets to try and isolate the problem to no avail and have also check every socket for loose wires.
Any other easy checks / options?
Firstly a bit of background, we are renovating our house and had a new distribution board going from the old Wylex type to a new RCD protected one. All was fine for a few weeks with the new electrics until the plasterer came.
Because the sockets were pre-existing the plasterer just loosened them from the wall for the skim and this has resulted in them getting plaster inside them [see below image] since plastering the downstairs ring main which also powers the boiler keeps tripping either the MCB or RCD with no correlation.
The trips vary from instantly to being hours apart but never goes a full day without tripping. I have disconnected the worst effected sockets to try and isolate the problem to no avail and have also check every socket for loose wires.
Any other easy checks / options?