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    cooker circuit keeps tripping

    my friend recently got a second hand domestic electric cooker, and it keeps tripping the 32amp breaker. no label on the back showing power of cooker. the circuit is wired in 6mm to an isolator then down to a single socket behind the cooker- still in 6mm. the hob works but as soon as the oven is...
  2. T

    Cooker keeps tripping.. advise needed!

    Just installed a new CU and everytime I turn on the hobs there fine but as soon as i turn on the oven it trips. I have done IR test and its all clear. Really baffled here. Anyone any idea what it may be? Its in a 40A mcb with a 83A RCD. Thanks
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    Sorry - DIY'er question - halogen bulb keeps blowing

    Sorry - I'm not trade, I don't have anything long term to contribute to this forum and professionals like you guys probably have limited time for people like me who try to go it alone and then mess up - but I'm hoping one of you will indulge me with a one off question. My father and I recently...
  4. S

    New oven keeps tripping mcb

    Hi. Does anyone know why this new oven keeps tripping the MCB?The MCB is 32A no RCD. The oven is plugged into a twin socket, which is on a radial circuit, with 4mm T+E. The oven is only 2.5Kw. This oven trips after its been on for about 40 mins to an hour. The manufactures of the oven have been...
  5. B

    cable keeps burning out?

    hi there, i'm not sure if this is the right forum to post? the blue cable wire on the immersion heater keeps burning out and as happened so many times that paying £30 for it to be fixed is starting to pee me off! i had a new immersion heater fitted to the water tank and the blue wire keeps...
  6. S

    PSU keeps blowing & tripping fusebox - same fuse/circuit as the underfloor heating!?!

    Hi. This will be a bit of a long explanation, but please bare with me! Just over a week ago the trip switch for our front room went (rest of the house was fine). So I flicked the trip switch back on. After a few minutes there was a big bang and it went again. Turns out the power supply in...
  7. G

    Storage heater keeps blowing fuse

    Hi ya guys ,i wonder if you can help me. Have just been called out to a robinson willey storage heater that keeps blowing the fuse in the cu, it is a combi heater, the convector heater is working fine off the peak but the storage heater on the off peak keeps blowing. Its a 3400w heater. I have...
  8. S

    HELP! New CCU, RCD keeps tripping???

    New Wylex dual RCD board RCD 1 (80A 30mA) 32A Cooker 32A Kitchen ring 6A Upstairs lights Have tried disconnecting all loads and connecting one at a time to see if I can determine which circuit is causing the problem but take your pick - whichever one I connect up trips the RCD. RCD 2...
  9. D

    Lamp keeps flickering/blowing on lighting circuit

    Hi Guys, I've been having this problem with a lighting circuit in my living room. There's the main light/lamp in the center of the ceiling and then the are two light fittings on the wall, each with two lamps fitted. The lamp furthest away from the switch seems to flicker alot and we tend to...
  10. N

    lamp keeps blowing

    ive just got a call out to a job with some wall lights the client said the wall lights are newly wired but one of the keeps blowing lamps like there going out of fasion! just seeing if anyone out there had this before?
  11. S

    Boiler keeps tripping out fuse.

    My neighbour boiler keeps tripping out the 3amp fuse. He had recently replaced the elcectronic board in the boiler, since then his been having trouble. Iv disconnected the live and neutral from the boiler and tested it and im getting voltage. Its only when i connect it back into the boiler...
  12. J

    RCB Keeps Tripping

    I have been to a house where the rcb keeps tripping out, ive looked in all the sockets and there are no loose wires but every ten mins or so it trips out again has anyone got any ideas how to solve3 this, Or could i change the rcb for a mcb which is less sensitive? Cheers Jonny
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    cooker keeps tripping rcd

    Hi Im pulling me hair out got a cooker that keeps tripping rcd not the trip it mainly happens once its had fan oven on for a while and when you want to check ya dinner ya open the door and it trips it doesnt have a light on it so it doesnt have a switch on door oven remains running when door...
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    MCB keeps tripping

    Hi I worked on a lighting circuit in a flat yesterday ( two kitchen lights, four spots on a bar type, a hall light and a bathroom light) total 520 watts, running through a 6 amp B type MCB. Lights work fine but after about an hour the MCB trips. I found a couple of loose connections yesterday...
  15. B

    Main fuse keeps blowing.

    I have a place in portugal in an apartment block and the power has gone off twice yesterday.The fusebox in the apartment itself is not tripping out.Next to the fusebox is an isolating switch which then goes out in to the public stairwell and connects to the meter.The meter is then attatched to...
  16. A

    RCD keeps tripping

    If a board has an RCD as the main switch and no main earth connected would this cause an RCD to trip whenever something is plugged in?
  17. N

    Ring main circuit in Hairdressers keeps tripipng

    Hi Guys, my partner has just taken over the running of a hairdressers and she is complaining that the 32amp MCB keeps tripping when a number of heaters and hairdryers are being used. The ring main is 2.5 T+E The shop she has taken over is fed by a supply taken from a sunbed shop next door...
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    My shower keeps tripping out

    Firstly I AM NOT AN ELECTRICIAN and I HAVE NO INTENTION OF ATTEMPTING TO FIX THIS FAULT! I LEAVE THESE ISSUES TO THE EXPERTS:cool: I am a tenant in a rented house and the Landlord is an absolute pain in the back side when it comes to getting ANYTHING done.:mad: What I would like to do with...
  19. T

    Last light keeps failing..

    Ive installed 5 x Low energy GX53 garden wall lights... JCC Lighting: celest The customer was was very happy and pleased with the look. then they rang me a few days after sayiing the last wall light has gone off, I went round to have a look, there was power there right down to the pins on the...
  20. carl9254

    Keeps Tripping

    installed a PIR Outside light today, took supply from landing light to a junction box, live down to switch and back upto junction box as swith live, then switch live, neutral and earth out to light. The light did its test and seemed fine and the downstairs lights swithed on too. So went away...
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