intermittent

  1. Yellowhammer

    Intermittent central heating fault..

    Hi, I've recently looked at a fault with an intermittently tripping RCD at a property for a landlord I do the odd job for. Got there and did the basics, IR'd the cables, looked at resistances across the pump, got acceptable results everywhere I looked. Played with the heating, demanded hot...
  2. P

    Built in oven intermittent fault

    Hi there.We have a Hotpoint electric oven that has started to go wrong.It has a digital display for setting functions,but over the last few months,when we turn the oven on,normally the fan comes on quite strong ,the digital display shows red bars as the heat builds to it required temp.What is...
  3. H

    Intermittent RCD Tripping - opposite side of board

    Cant get my head round this :( I understand N-E faults cause RCD's to trip, but I cant understand why on these 2 occasions, googled allover but no real answer. I have 2 intermittent faults on the go, one Dual RCD board, one split load, 1 RCD. Dual 2 RCD Occasionally the left RCD trips when...
  4. P

    Alpha E-Tec 33 - Intermittent Hot Water Issue - Wifi Connection?

    Good afternoon chaps, I have an Alpha E-Tec 33 combi boiler (with Google Nest 3rd Gen thermostat) that occasionally fails to put out hot water. The C.H. works fine (at least I haven't noticed any issues), but in the past 6-9 months or so, when using the thermostatic shower, there's sometimes...
  5. GuilhermeIsi

    Intermittent hazard lights

    Greetings. I'm having problems with the hazard lights in my 1999 chevy Blazer. It works as expected for some time with both sides blinking and then, suddenly, all four turning signal lights stop flashing and keep lit. If I keep pressing the hazard button multiple times they get "unstuck" for...
  6. T

    Flickering power to half the house

    Hello everyone! I'll start by saying an electrician is going to be called on this one, but I'm so curious as to what might be going on I just wanted to pick some brains. About 6 months ago, we started getting a little flicker in the all the lights in the house. Nothing big, and didn't think much...
  7. A

    Shared/borrowed neutral?

    Hi, I have an ongoing issue with an RCD which keeps tripping when bathroom light (not on RCD) is turned off. The issue doesn’t happen every time the bathroom light is switched off but only ever trips when I turn it off. It happens mainly at night and there doesn’t seem to be much of a link...
  8. B

    Quoizel exterior lights won't stay on, intermittent failures and flickering throughout circuit

    Hello and thank you in advance for your time in helping me troubleshoot my lights. I've added a video to show what my lights are doing. I have 4 Quoizel WVR8406EK lights on the front of my house and 2 in the back. They will intermittently go out. However I can unscrew the bulb and screw...
  9. S

    Intermittent MR16 downward lights

    Hi all. Just moved into a new home and I've got 4 of the kitchen downward lights that are out. Tried changing the filaments but it became obvious that the filaments are fine, it's the wiring into the back of the socket that's at fault. My question is how do you de-wire these MR16 GU5.3 sockets...
  10. Sr1996

    VW Golf Central Locking intermittent

    The car locks if I use the key and the key fob has had a battery change it previously stopped working and randomly started again
  11. M

    Door loss of power intermittent

    Hi everyone, Help please. Power to my passenger door keeps going off, no windows, lock doesn't work, wing mirror indicator stops work, then they will all work for 10 minutes then all goes off again for days on end 😩😩 anyone had a similar fault? Thanks
  12. littlespark

    Strange intermittent fault on 13 pin socket

    my caravan isn’t lighting up tail lights, but all other lights work fine. However… while testing, I got a strange sequence of events. I’ll also point out that the 13 pin socket has the left and right tail lights on different pins, so whatever it is, is affecting both sides. Ok.. with...
  13. O

    Dewalt multitool keeps cutting out, anyone else had this?

    My 1 year old DeWalt multitool DCD355 now only works when I start it slowly and gradually increase speed, then if I touch a surface with it it will cut out. Has anyone else had problems with these? The light works fine, batteries too, it's as if the auto cutoff if the blade gets jammed...
  14. W

    Intermittent Tripping Rcd fault

    Feel like I’m posting on here every week for advice :) is a reading of 0.18 megaohms between neutral and earth enough to trip and RCD. Sent to an intermittent Rcd tripping, everything else seems clear bar this one cable. As always nothing tripping while I was there. Ramp tested the RCD and 15ma...
  15. D

    Tracing a rain-related short circuit

    I have an intermittent short on a circuit with a GFCI breaker and some outdoor fixtures. The breaker pops after a significant rain and won't reset until after several dry days. I've tried to isolate the break by disconnecting the outdoor fixtures sequentially with no luck. Now I'm doing...
  16. W

    Intermittent fault finding

    Is there anything more frustrating than an intermittent fault
  17. L

    Intermittent lighting fault

    Hi folks I have a lighting ring that occasionally stops working; when this happens, there is no power at any of the switches or ceiling roses. I've identified the feed wire, and it disappears inside the ceiling in the general direction of the consumer unit. There's no loose connections or...
  18. S

    Intermittent lighting mcb triping

    Initially was obviously a hard fault because mcb would not reset. Unscrewed and checked all light switches for obvious fault (some metal) no visual problem, then found possible issue with disconnected wire in ceiling. Rose. Repaired this and initially mcb stayed in. Connected each light switch...
  19. P

    '94 Dodge Dakota Intermittent Stalling/Loss of Power

    Hello, I've asked a question on multiple forums a few times, so let me make this the best post out of all of them... Recently, I bought a 1994 Dodge Dakota 3.9l v6 with 78,000 miles on it. About every ~60 miles, it seems to lose power while I'm driving. I'm not exactly sure what the correct term...
  20. mc1903

    Intermittent RCD tripping. Benefit of changing over to RCBO's?

    Hi, We have recently had some electrical work completed in the house to add a new circuit for air conditioning. We are now experiencing intermittent RCD trips, at all hours of the day and night, in the section of the consumer unit that the new A/C MCB was installed into. No MCB's trip - just...

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