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My daughter has an issue with her electrics and I'm wondering if anyone can throw some ideas out here. The issue is with a local authority flat and in these Covid times getting the Council to come out and check anything takes weeks!
She has an issue where she will wake up the flat sockets are off. Except for kitchen (sockets), which is on its own circuit. Once they woke up, switched off and unplugged from a socket a 12" bedside fan and this tripped the MCB. The fan hasn't been used since and there are still issues.
Admittedly she does have a few extension leads (but all are brand quality and surge-protected) and into these are things like phone chargers/ipad charger). Her son has a PC/monitor/Playstation/Phone charger in another 4-way socket. Nothing causing a major power drain.
When this happens, she removes ALL the plugs in the house from the sockets, to be sure nothing is available to trip again. The MCB takes hours / sometimes over a day to be able to switch on. Then a few weeks later again the MCB goes off. Could the MCB be old and faulty? Is there a test to see if the MCB is faulty?
As will be seen from the image, the shower, cooker, immersion heater and sockets are protected by an RCD which does not trip itself. It there too much load on this section?
The CU was tested and passed last year, so I'm guessing all must be ok with the installation. Any ideas please? Thanks.
My daughter has an issue with her electrics and I'm wondering if anyone can throw some ideas out here. The issue is with a local authority flat and in these Covid times getting the Council to come out and check anything takes weeks!
She has an issue where she will wake up the flat sockets are off. Except for kitchen (sockets), which is on its own circuit. Once they woke up, switched off and unplugged from a socket a 12" bedside fan and this tripped the MCB. The fan hasn't been used since and there are still issues.
Admittedly she does have a few extension leads (but all are brand quality and surge-protected) and into these are things like phone chargers/ipad charger). Her son has a PC/monitor/Playstation/Phone charger in another 4-way socket. Nothing causing a major power drain.
When this happens, she removes ALL the plugs in the house from the sockets, to be sure nothing is available to trip again. The MCB takes hours / sometimes over a day to be able to switch on. Then a few weeks later again the MCB goes off. Could the MCB be old and faulty? Is there a test to see if the MCB is faulty?
As will be seen from the image, the shower, cooker, immersion heater and sockets are protected by an RCD which does not trip itself. It there too much load on this section?
The CU was tested and passed last year, so I'm guessing all must be ok with the installation. Any ideas please? Thanks.