Circuit breaker turning off all house sockets

[Siilver]

Hi,

I'm having a slight issue in my house and am not sure what the problem is.

Basically something is causing the circuit breaker to turn off when too much electricity is used.

At the moment all sockets are unplugged and everything is turned off, if I turn one of the socket lines on and plug in one item then it will run fine but if I plug in something that takes more electricity, say the kettle then the breaker wil immediately turn everything off again?

What would cause an issue like this? We've never had any electric issues before and none of the electrics have been modified or changed recently?

Many thanks!

 

[Kiers1970]

get an electrician, he'll sort it, you pay him, Voila, everyone's happy!

 

[Knobhead]

Get an electrician to have a look.

 

[Engineer54]

Is it always when the kettle is switched on by any chance??

 

[Siilver]

We have an electrician on the way but just in case there's anything I could try before / if they arrive today

Is it always when the kettle is switched on by any chance??

Nope, just plugging anything more than one thing in causes it all to go off.

 

[Kiers1970]

I'll be round in a few mins, put the kettle on.....Oh er...

 

[telectrix]

is it a MCB that's tripping, or a RCD. if the latter, then it points to the last appliance plugged in having a fault.

 

[Des 56]

the breaker wil immediately turn everything off again?

Is this an Rcd covering the whole or part of the installation ?
If so any circuit neutral earth fault sharing that Rcd,(not just the socket circuit) will tend to operate the Rcd as soon as any descent load is applied
You may have to be patient and wait for that spark

 

[Moses]

the breaker wil immediately turn everything off again?

Is this an Rcd covering the whole or part of the installation ?
If so any circuit neutral earth fault sharing that Rcd,(not just the socket circuit) will tend to operate the Rcd as soon as any descent load is applied
You may have to be patient and wait for that spark

What you really mean is any fault L-E or N-E will trip the RCD.

 

[Knobhead]

Time this was dropped.
The OP hasn’t given any useful information. We can go on guessing forever.

 

[needasparks]

He can't as the sockets don't work. Not like you to miss that one Tony.

 

[ian.settle1]

He can't as the sockets don't work. Not like you to miss that one Tony.

Well how did he post in the first place.:confused5:

 

[Fin170]

Or he had a go at fixing it himself.....
:46:

 

[Mr.Ian]

Well how did he post in the first place.:confused5:

Obviously he only had his PC plugged in and he didn't want a cuppa !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[telectrix]

or he used that new-fangled mobile tinterweb thingy.