Totally stumped. Night Storage Heater tripping out MCB, but ok on daytime circuit.

[Steve Poulton]

Please help. I have a basic understanding of electirics, but 5 Electricians are stumped and I don't know where to go next. My mother in law heats her house by 4 Night Storage Heaters, all of which are wired to a Economy 7 supply/fuse board, with no RCD just MCB. The largest of the Night Storage Heaters began to fail and trip the MCD. To cut a long story short, she ended up having a new one fitted. Unfortunately this new one also now trips the MCB. The electricians have tried swapping the various supplies to the various heaters around in the E7 fuse board and the same heater is tripping the different MCB. It would be an obvious thing to consider that there is a fault on the circuit between the board and the night storage heater. However, they have now wired it into the day time board and it is not tripping. Has anyone got any ideas as we need to get it wired back into the E7 circuit??

 

[Toneyz]

I can see the theory in the heat from the main switch in the E7 consumer unit on the MCB next to it that is for this particular NSH, however, I thought that this circuit had been moved to an MCB further along from the main switch and it still tripped.

 

[Midwest]

so either magic or thermal?

There's just so much rubbish you can throw at this thread. Why don't you just foxtrot oscar and look at your new range rover purchase

 

[elsparko]

There's just so much rubbish you can throw at this thread. Why don't you just foxtrot oscar and look at your new range rover purchase

if you can beat me in an armwrestle ill consider listening to you.

 

[Midwest]

if you can beat me in an armwrestle ill consider listening to you.

My guns are bigger than ya's

 

[Midwest]

if you can beat me in an armwrestle ill consider listening to you.

I think you are just trolling now, not contusive to helping anyone.

 

[elsparko]

My guns are bigger than ya's

 

[Dave OCD]

if you can beat me in an armwrestle ill consider listening to you.

I'd wager I would beat you, and I'm 53.

 

[elsparko]

I'd wager I would beat you, and I'm 53.

lets up he ante, we can place used heroin syringes where the losers hand will be pressed on the table

 

[elsparko]

thumb war?

 

[elsparko]

I think you are just trolling now, not contusive to helping anyone.

 

[Wilko]

Moving right along ...
Thanks for posting the update with the busted main switch. I'm still not clear on how this has caused a 20A MCB to trip quickly however, if I recall an earlier post correctly (?) .

 

[Midwest]

ummmphhh

 

[DPG]

Blimey, what's happened to this thread ??!!

 

[AJshep]

Blimey, what's happened to this thread ??!!

I reckon it was the Christmas party.

 

[Midwest]

I reckon it was the Christmas party.

Nope, that's today. Think I'll be sleeping in the corner by about 5pm