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He hasn't mentioned that has he? I maybe need to re-read the thread again.
OP is there anything still connected from the low level cooker outlet plate.
RCD has tripped, probably when neutral/earth were shorted together when you were arranging the wires.
The rcd by the cooker breaker needs turning back on I suspect the black touched earth not an uncommon occurrence.
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Perfectly acceptable to do providing RCD protection in place (which I can see it is from photo previously posted and presumably works as it has already tripped!), previous CCU not directly behind the cooker/hob etc.
I got called out to a rental a while back where the agents 'handyman' had been called to replace a double that had on switch jam off. When the socket was removed he told the tenant that he couldn't replace it as it was dangerous to use because it had been wired in 'cooker cable'!
(Exactly as you are doing now).
It was perfectly safe to replace and use but had a hard job convincing the tenant and agent who seemed to want to believe their 'trusted' un-qualified handyman!
I got called out to a rental a while back where the agents 'handyman' had been called to replace a double that had on switch jam off. When the socket was removed he told the tenant that he couldn't replace it as it was dangerous to use because it had been wired in 'cooker cable'!
(Exactly as you are doing now).
It was perfectly safe to replace and use but had a hard job convincing the tenant and agent who seemed to want to believe their 'trusted' un-qualified handyman!
OP, are any of the individual wires touching each other or the back box?
Turn off all of the MCBs on that half of the CU. Then try and reset the RCD. If it will reset, then turn the MCBs on one at a time.
Make sure that the cooker wires are not touching anything.
Make sure that the cooker wires are not touching anything.
Ah - don't press the 'reset' button. Lift the toggle switch.
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