Hello can you help me fix my house?

[Myady1]

I dont know much about electrics.
Here is the issue.

Electric tripping (not blowing) consistently after about 1.5 hrs.

We narrowed it down to one of the fuzes on the box. When we turn that off the rest is fine. We have unplugged everything systematically from that line to try and find out what it is but nothing seems to be stopping it from tripping.

Whats on the line is the kitchen, and study, so not the boiler.

What would you look for next? Do we find the cables to check for rat bites? (or would this make it trip instantly? Not worth doing?)

Could it be the box / commercial unit?

We called out an electrician once and he disconnected the outside light that was on that line too, but still tripping, and we cant really affort to get out another one.

If you could help me at all that would be hugely appreciated. My dad wants to pull up the floorboards and check the cables. So any advice if this is a good idea or not, or what you would do. Any help would be great really.

 

[Pete999]

beer oclock for some people ,and wine for the gentry people ,what what .

Nothing wrong with a nice glass of vino mat, helps me spell proper like lol

 

[telectrix]

methink OP should ost his location, may be 1 of us reprobates colud be close and pop over for nominal fee (few pints diesel and a couple gallons beer. , or is that wrong way round? )to investigate

 

[DPG]

The rules say competent, not competent and sober. Should be OK.

 

[SparkyChick]

If the OP was in Cardiff or Newport I'd be up for a Saturday morning jolly, but Carmarthen is a bit too far... even for beer

 

[telectrix]

bloody big area is wales. i could only cover the north, anywhere south of wrecsam is bandit country to me.

 

[Des 56]

What is meant by a neutral fault can be thought of in this way
The trip switch at your mains is sensitive to the balance of current flow down the live and back via the neutral, if its not balanced some is leaking to earth

A neutral -earth leakage via the fixed wiring or a appliance is high enough that it causes operation of the trip

Usually its an appliance that causes the tripping,in the case of delayed rather than instant tripping the main culprits are usually freezers and fridges
If you run a extension lead from the neighbours and try finding the problem by process of elimination

Paying someone to find a fault and being left with same problem is very annoying,unfortunately people get called electricians when they have no right to such a title
If you do bring in another,be aware he needs to make use of test meters or you are being ripped off once again,its not the sort of problem that can avoid their use

 

[Midwest]

Extension leads from a neighbours property

 

[Midwest]

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Shister, call out the Marines. I'd be questioning the supplier who installed that meter!

 

[The Ghost]

Has this happened since or a little while after the leak you mention? I ask as I suspect that it may be that there is some residual moisture in a socket below the leak that may be causing the trip. You might pull the fuses one at a time and see exactly which circuit it is on that way. And perhaps tell us if it stops tripping and on which circuit it stopped tripping on.

 

[telectrix]

nothing todo with next door's cannabis farm, linked trough attic space.

 

[Midwest]

Shister, call out the Marines. I'd be questioning the supplier who installed that meter!

Has this happened since or a little while after the leak you mention? I ask as I suspect that it may be that there is some residual moisture in a socket below the leak that may be causing the trip.

Have you perused the image OP attached? We best stop here.​

 

[The Ghost]

Have you perused the image OP attached? We best stop here.

??? PM me if it is not for general consumption.

 

[buzzlightyear]

TT System ,I wonder if a have a stake in the ground ,and not a fillet .

 

[buzzlightyear]

If the OP was in Cardiff or Newport I'd be up for a Saturday morning jolly, but Carmarthen is a bit too far... even for beer

more like a pina colada. LOL.

 

[TJ Anderson]

Sorry OP you need an electrician with an insulation tester who can use it properly. A good spark will find the offending circuit very quickly and then investigate that circuit to pinpoint issue.