I've been having this recurring problem where the RCD will trip (the MCBs don't move) causing power failure on everything in house. I can get everything (apart from sockets) to come back on immediately only if the MCB that controls the sockets is flicked down before I flick the RCD switch back up. The RCD will trip again if the sockets MCB is flicked up (even if everything in the house is unplugged and all the sockets switched off) until after several hours or longer - depending on how many attempts I've undertaken and their time apart - the sockets MCB won't trip the RCD and everything is back to normal......until the next invevitable power failure !
SOME DETAILS
-I live in a first floor flat house conversion
-Total MCBs are: lights, smoke alarm, cooker light, doorbell and sockets
-Power failures have happened at random times of day roughly one month apart
-I am almost certain that power failures happen when I am running hot water from the kitchen tap (activating the boiler), the other appliances tend to be plugged in but not being used at time.
-I have noticed suspiciously inadequete rewiring in the attic, where wires strewn across floor and not clipped on walls and some old wiring clipped off
-My landlord's eletrician thinks its a faulty appliance causing intermittent fault (is organising a PAT test on the appliances) but I think it goes deeper than that and is more likely to be either a faulty socket/faulty boiler/faulty wall wiring/faulty RCD that is causing the problem. I think I would have more frequent power failures if it was a faulty appliance because they are used so much.
-One time the lights MCB blew and became defective after a power failure which remains unexplained.
Given the information that I have listed, can anyone shed any more light on what could actually be causing the problem and give me any advice or information that will help me get to the bottom of this. I'm not an expert and I would like to be able to explain the situation in more detail as well.
Thank you
SOME DETAILS
-I live in a first floor flat house conversion
-Total MCBs are: lights, smoke alarm, cooker light, doorbell and sockets
-Power failures have happened at random times of day roughly one month apart
-I am almost certain that power failures happen when I am running hot water from the kitchen tap (activating the boiler), the other appliances tend to be plugged in but not being used at time.
-I have noticed suspiciously inadequete rewiring in the attic, where wires strewn across floor and not clipped on walls and some old wiring clipped off
-My landlord's eletrician thinks its a faulty appliance causing intermittent fault (is organising a PAT test on the appliances) but I think it goes deeper than that and is more likely to be either a faulty socket/faulty boiler/faulty wall wiring/faulty RCD that is causing the problem. I think I would have more frequent power failures if it was a faulty appliance because they are used so much.
-One time the lights MCB blew and became defective after a power failure which remains unexplained.
Given the information that I have listed, can anyone shed any more light on what could actually be causing the problem and give me any advice or information that will help me get to the bottom of this. I'm not an expert and I would like to be able to explain the situation in more detail as well.
Thank you
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