Why does my electric keeps tripping

[Tan1992]

Hi, I'm hoping you can help me as I it's driving me insane!

So my electric keeps tripping when I plug my dryer in, now I know it's not a faulty dryer because it's the 3rd we've tried and it worked perfectly fine at a friend's for a week. My partner plugged a drill in last night and it tripped but worked after resetting the fuse board. The fuse board has an rcd if that helps any?

I have just un plugged everything and then tried plugging dryer in and it still tripped, whyyy is it doing this? I've tried it in different sockets, even a different room and still the same turn it in wait a few seconds and the whole electric has tripped.

Any help would he great appreciated. Tia

 

[Pete999]

Have you had the dryer checked out? or the electrics in your house.

 

[littlespark]

If it worked at your friends, maybe they don’t have an rcd?

rcd’s are much more sensitive and work differently to circuit breakers and fuses.

 

[Tan1992]

Have you had the dryer checked out? or the electrics in your house.

I had the electrician come out who said electrics are fine but the dryer was at a friend's at the time so wasn't checked over but it was working fine at my fiends.

 

[telectrix]

colild be a N-E fault on a different circuit. soon as a load is applied, even on a different RCD, the relevant RCD trips.

 

[Tan1992]

colild be a N-E fault on a different circuit. soon as a load is applied, even on a different RCD, the relevant RCD trips.

Errmn I have no idea what that means ? none of the individual switches go down its just the main one at the end

 

[telectrix]

any fault can cause a RCD to trip if for some reason it sees an imbalance. leakage could be on a totally different circuit, maybe through parallel paths ( gas/water. bonds.)

 

[Tan1992]

any fault can cause a RCD to trip if for some reason it sees an imbalance. leakage could be on a totally different circuit, maybe through parallel paths ( gas/water. bonds.)

Right OK, is there a way I could figure that out myself or will I need to get electrician back in?

 

[hosepipe]

Sounds like the RCD is tripping, which could be a fault in the wiring or the appliance. The only way to tell for sure is to get electrician in to test the circuit/RCD.

 

[Zerax]

Sounds like the RCD is tripping, which could be a fault in the wiring or the appliance. The only way to tell for sure is to get electrician in to test the circuit/RCD.

Post #4 says that she's already had an electrician out... who said "electrics are fine"

 

[DefyG]

Could just be a faulty RCD. Had one myself last couple of weeks that was tripping under 9mA
Or
It could just be that the accumulated earth leakage currents on the system is excessive for the RCD and that no particular item is faulty!

 

[Wilko]

Hi - if the appliance is not faulty then you have an electrical fault. Exactly what electrical fault I’m not sure from here, but testing on site would reveal it pdq I reckon. If a number of different appliances cause the trip then it’s not likely they’re all faulty at once (!), so you’re going to need another Electrician.

 

[static zap]

First thing , find out if your friend even has an RCD ,
try plugging the device into a seperate RCD socket if it trips for just that 1 device ..the finger of blame is currently pointing at the drier ,especially if it missed the test.

 

[Tan1992]

If it worked at your friends, maybe they don’t have an rcd?

rcd’s are much more sensitive and work differently to circuit breakers and fuses.

I will find out thank you.

 

[Tan1992]

First thing , find out if your friend even has an RCD ,
try plugging the device into a seperate RCD socket if it trips for just that 1 device ..the finger of blame is currently pointing at the drier ,especially if it missed the test.

I'm not sure what an RCD socket is but I've plugged it in different sockets and even a different room (I draw a line at trying to carry it upstairs ?) and the main switch tripped. Not sure if that's what you meant?