Washing machine trip the breaker.

[Seweryn Litwicki]

When my washing machine (7 year old ) was running yesterday it trip the breaker ( that one ,first on the left , RCD i guess?!) and no power in home. We reset the trip and the same happened twice more (took me a ittle while to realise it was the washing machine!). The socket is OK, and I presume the fuse in the plug must still be OK as the machine worked for a a couple of seconds before the fuse went again.

That one :

It was not happening during all years never before,which is very weird only yesterday. But my mother put inside a lot of clothes yesterday.



Ah and circuit overload doesnt matter,because actually i have only tv and laptop,oven running,like always.





Today we run again washer,but this time she put less clothes than yesterday...+ she clean and dry some element ( not heater for sure ) . Dunno what.

And no breaker tripping and power is on still.


Now its fine,washer working without issues in home. And all other devices in home,like tv,oven,light,laptop working fine.

So leave that or change something in electricity home?


I ask because i want to plug my new pc parts.

But i had many pcs in home all years no issues,even last pc from 12.12.2017 to 10 december 2018 and no issues. So i ask now. If everything is fine now again, can i plug new pc?

 

[JohnD]

The socket is OK, and I presume the fuse in the plug

very few countries have fuses in the plug, only the UK and a few that have, or recently had, a very close association. The wiring and circuit design is different here.

You need to photograph the actual breaker in your home, not one from a catalogue.

It would be useful to see a photo of your actual plug and socket.

Common causes of RCD trip caused by washing machine are:

- old and defective heating element (will occur when the washer starts its heating cycle, maybe 10 minutes after turning on, not during a cold wash or a rinse or spin cycle

- water leak where water gets onto an electrical part (may occur when filling or during churn)

- carbon dust in motor if machine is quite old (over ten years, I'd say). may occur at any time when motor is running, it may happen when power is first sent to motor so you never hear it start.

Perhaps you can make a guess by considering when it happens.

If you are handy you might be able to repair it yourself.

Any sign of water drips under or around the machine suggest a leak.

If the fault remains, you can expect the breaker to trip again.

Depending on the design of circuits in your home, this may cause a PC to crash, possibly with loss of data or disk corruption, unless you can afford a UPS.

 

[Seweryn Litwicki]

You mean pc can crash if breaker will trip again by washer yes? In otherway not?

ok last question. I said it is all repaired,cleaned,not overloaded with washer. So it will not trip again,hopefully.

But somebody said that this "other breakers should trip first. "

What you think? So why RCD was tripped only?

 

[JohnD]

The RCD trips if you have a fault to earth.

The MCB trips if you have an overload or short circuit, which is quite different.

 

[Seweryn Litwicki]

This was tripped. its rcd then. It tripped because there was overload in laundry in washer or somewhere water leak .


Sorry i am not technician and want to know some basic things.

If i actually washer will not trip again RCD or when i stop using washer. Can i just plug my new pc parts in house?

RCD breaker is fine yes?

In past ,when we run oven a small bulb get damaged and the same situation. Power off. So propably the same breaker was tripped? ( RCD )