Hi Everyone
I have a HUGE problem and would be extremely grateful for your help/advice.
My builder ran a new ring circuit (switches not lights) to my bedroom before plastering, decorating, etc. I asked him various times to check it before the plster went up. He told me he had done so and that it was all ok. However, he said that the rcd was bust and that we would need to get a new one but it was not urgent.
He then went ahead and plastered the lot.
He now tells me (i.e. as of today!!!) that there is something wrong with the cable between the consumer unit and the first socket in the bedroom - he says it is "broken" and that it causes the rcd to trip. I've asked him how that can be when there's only been plastering and painting since he checked and told me it was all ok (i.e. no nailing, screwing, drilling, etc.). Furthermore, what I don;t understand is that that socket and all the others in the new ring main worked with the "broken" rcd in place because he had put a cable in the consumer unit going from one part of the consumer unit to another (presumably to bypass the rcd).
Does anyone know what the problem might be? Do we need to run a new cable from the consumer unit to the socket as this will mean taking down a lot of new plaster, etc.?
All your thoughts are much appreciated! Thanks
I have a HUGE problem and would be extremely grateful for your help/advice.
My builder ran a new ring circuit (switches not lights) to my bedroom before plastering, decorating, etc. I asked him various times to check it before the plster went up. He told me he had done so and that it was all ok. However, he said that the rcd was bust and that we would need to get a new one but it was not urgent.
He then went ahead and plastered the lot.
He now tells me (i.e. as of today!!!) that there is something wrong with the cable between the consumer unit and the first socket in the bedroom - he says it is "broken" and that it causes the rcd to trip. I've asked him how that can be when there's only been plastering and painting since he checked and told me it was all ok (i.e. no nailing, screwing, drilling, etc.). Furthermore, what I don;t understand is that that socket and all the others in the new ring main worked with the "broken" rcd in place because he had put a cable in the consumer unit going from one part of the consumer unit to another (presumably to bypass the rcd).
Does anyone know what the problem might be? Do we need to run a new cable from the consumer unit to the socket as this will mean taking down a lot of new plaster, etc.?
All your thoughts are much appreciated! Thanks