Just Had A Power Outage. Should I Be Concerned?

[chicat]

Just this Tuesday I had an electrician do an inspection and fixing and replacing some things.

Just today my house had a power outage.

Does anyone think this may have something to do with the inspection I had this Tuesday or was this just the usual appliances being overpowered (thus causing outage)? Thanks.

 

[wildwest]

forgive old fool coming to terms with new technology, viewed images of the report on drop box and didn't contract any diseases.
theres a page not shown and some questions to be asked of the spark and/or his supervisor. The test results would indicate that there is no earth leakage fault on the system, did he go round and unplug all your appliances before he tested?

 

[chicat]

Yes, he did go round and unplug all appliances before testing.

 

[wildwest]

It is correct for the electrician to disconnect appliances before testing, he is testing for faults in the fixed wiring system.

It is possible there is an earth leakage fault in one of the appliances that is causing the RCD to trip.
These kind of faults can be tricky to identify since the faulty appliance need not be actually running or even switched on at the time, it need only be plugged in or otherwise connected to one of your socket circuits.

Class II appliances ( look for a square inside a square symbol on the information plate) do not have an earth connection and so can be ruled out , unless they are being used outside and have developed an earth connection of their own, for example, a pond pump.

Top culprits are machines that are wet inside and run on a program, i.e washing machine / dishwasher/ tumble dryer.

You might ask the electrician back to to check your appliances.
In the mean time you could unplug appliances that are not in use.
Make note of those that are plugged in when the trip recures.