surge box

[soniaskye]

my surge box keeps tripping all my electric only at night and even when in bed and the only thing i have on fridge freezer and lamp in child bedroom none of my main trip board goes just the surge switch which is a separate box in between the fuse box and eletricty meter is it my appliancies doing it or the meter as electric supplier saying down to landlord not them but if its there meter tripping it wont it be them that are liable ?????????? would really appericate advice xxxx

 

[WDMDL]

Surge box? Where in the world are you?
Is it not an RCD?

Simon.

 

[telectrix]

i thought that. upstream rcd?

 

[malcolmsanford]

We may have an old ELCB on a TT system here lads as they were often refered to as surge protection in the good old days.

Still it's better that her daddy's squeeze box keeping her up all night

 

[telectrix]

a photo of the unit would help here.

 

[soniaskye]

hey lads new on here lol this is what i called the surge protector and take it easy man [][/Qas u can see it inbetween my fuse box and electric meter please help :-(

 

[telectrix]

looks like an RCD. check what is printed on it, should be something lik 80A, 30mA or 100mA. either it's faulty or you have an earth leakage fault. either way, it requires investigation with ntest equipment to determine the nature of the problem. if you don't have access to a mft AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE ONE, I SUGGEST YOU GET A QUALIFIED SPARKS ON THE JOB.

sorry about the caps, unitentional sausage fingers

 

[soniaskye]

yh it does have those 80A etc on it but what is cause this is it my electrical stuff thank for advice and i not qualifiled will have to contact my landlord again as he was going to send his odd job man and he defenaly not quilified either is there any thing i can do to prevent it happing or check my appinaceies etc xx

 

[telectrix]

only thing i can think of first is to unplug the fridge overnight and see if that cures the problem. unplug, not just switch off

 

[soniaskye]

ok are these one of the main things that do it then ? and it seems to happen same time roughly every night between 9 and 10pm xx

 

[Marvo]

What time does it get dark where you are?

 

[soniaskye]

about 5 pm as live in england

 

[Marvo]

I was thinking of an external lighting problem causing the trip but i assume the lights are on well before the tripping if it's dark at 5pm.

If you can't track the fault using general detective work you'll need to insulation test all the appliances and circuits in the house methodically. This would be a job for a qualified sparky.

 

[gutterball]

What time does the cheap electric start? Could it be the changing over of the meters.