Newbie looking for advice

[telectrix]

Hi Wilko, UK network power haven't been out yet to replace the cable they're due between 8.30 and 9 this morning. Sorry for being thick lol but what is the UKPN fuse area? I did attach picture of my fuse box early on in this thread? Thank you for your reply

he means the main incoming fuse, before the meter. where those cotton covered tails terminate, close to your meter.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Can't see an rcd in ops pic?

See that out of focus thing on the right hand side with the out of focus words "Main Switch" above it? The out of focus black thing at the top is a test button, and a giveaway as to where the mystery RCD resides!

@Lou87 your problem is that you have one RCD that can trip if there is a fault with anything in the property. This is bad engineering as they shouldn't really be a single point of failure.
It may be the installation itself, or it could be anything connected to it.
Unless there is a pattern to the tripping, this sort of thing is like trying to find the proverbial needle in a haystack.

Suspects are usually, any outside electricity, anywhere that electricity and water come together (like heating pumps, valves, etc)

 

[Taylortwocities]

Can't see an rcd in ops pic?

See that out of focus thing on the right hand side with the out of focus words "Main Switch" above it? The out of focus black thing at the top is a test button, and a giveaway as to where the mystery RCD resides!

@Lou87 your problem is that you have one RCD that can trip if there is a fault with anything in the property. This is bad engineering as there shouldn't be a single point of failure.
The cause of tripping may be the installation itself, or it could be anything connected to it.
Unless there is a pattern to the tripping, this sort of thing is like trying to find the proverbial needle in a haystack.

Suspects are usually:
any outside electricity, anywhere that electricity and water come together (like heating pumps, valves, etc) or it could be an intermittent fault, somewhere....

 

[Lou87]

Good morning everyone, just an update had the new overhead cable fitted and also a new main fuse too the engineer called me into the kitchen to show me that the main neutral wire for the house was barely connected/held in my one screw type of plug! So far so good on the electrics not tripping out, added a new picture of the new wire and fuse

 

[telectrix]

a poor connection on the incoming cable may have been the problem. fingers crossed now.

 

[snowhead]

Was that the Neutral screw in the original Incoming cable at that botom that's now ben replaced or the Neutral out of the top to the new Smart meter?

 

[Lou87]

No it was the neutral from the original incoming cable from my understanding where it was fitted inside the main fuse is where it was loose

 

[telectrix]

looking at those cables into the meter, it's clear that the fitter could count ( at least up to 4 ) thus proving that he/she was way ahead of the standard boil-in-the -bag meter fitters.

 

[Lou87]

Lol it would have been nice to think that he was Telectrix