Would really appreciate any help. Have had a problem with tripping RCD for months now. No electrical work done on the house.
After checking on numerous occasions narrowed it down to Kitchen Sockets. Have today traced it to dishwasher. When dishwasher is on trips RCD when off no problem. couple of questions.
1. As its always RCD tripping and no MCBs trip I asuume there is earth leakage in the DW and not a case of overload. Washer and other heavy appliances are in the utility room on a seperate MCB so would not contribute to the load.
2. RCD has tripped when the dishwasher has not been running but was plugged in and switched on. ( As the machine would be live I would take it this could happen am I right?).
If I am right about the above will probably get a new dishwasher as this one is pretty old. Do you think that would solve it? Anything else I should check before spending the money? THANKS
After checking on numerous occasions narrowed it down to Kitchen Sockets. Have today traced it to dishwasher. When dishwasher is on trips RCD when off no problem. couple of questions.
1. As its always RCD tripping and no MCBs trip I asuume there is earth leakage in the DW and not a case of overload. Washer and other heavy appliances are in the utility room on a seperate MCB so would not contribute to the load.
2. RCD has tripped when the dishwasher has not been running but was plugged in and switched on. ( As the machine would be live I would take it this could happen am I right?).
If I am right about the above will probably get a new dishwasher as this one is pretty old. Do you think that would solve it? Anything else I should check before spending the money? THANKS