Bender Posted August 20, 2022 Posted August 20, 2022 41 minutes ago, Tiggie said: Swapping the RCD's over this afternoon I was reading an interesting story on a sparkies forum about a person who had a very intermittent fault. Would trip the breakers every couple of days or so, owners couldn't see what could be causing it so got electrician in. Turned out the owner had added some more nails to one of the floorboards in the toilet to stop it from squeaking, one of those nails had missed the joist and the end of it was resting on top of a cable. Whenever someone stood in just the right spot it would push very slightly into the cable and cause the trip. If its just started and you've not been doing DIY it's most likely something your using Quote
Fozzie Posted August 20, 2022 Posted August 20, 2022 First thing to do is swap the RCD as you’ve already said. They fail safe, which isn’t good for your house remaining powered. If you think it’s the fridge or washer, you can check the fridge by setting it so it warms up, and then put it on the coldest setting to encourage the fault to emerge. The motor in the fridge can cause current spikes, especially if it’s old, corroded, etc, that can trip RCD’s. It becomes a game of elimination, which is usually expensive unfortunately! But hopefully just the RCD being faulty 1 Quote
Tiggie Posted August 20, 2022 Author Posted August 20, 2022 I'll try that with the fridge @Fozzie If the same side still goes I'm guessing it will be the fridge. Its only about 6 years old but they don't make things to last nowadays I was going to test it by plugging it in the hallway as thats on a different circuit. 1 Quote
Bender Posted August 20, 2022 Posted August 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Tiggie said: I'll try that with the fridge @Fozzie If the same side still goes I'm guessing it will be the fridge. Its only about 6 years old but they don't make things to last nowadays I was going to test it by plugging it in the hallway as thats on a different circuit. That would also work Quote
Tiggie Posted August 24, 2022 Author Posted August 24, 2022 Success!! It was my coffee percolator. Whatever is wrong with it must of got worse as now it trips the breakers just plugging it in. Annoyingly I can't see anything wrong with it inside. Might leave it a couple of weeks and then plug it back in to see what happens. 1 Quote
Fiddlesticks Posted August 24, 2022 Posted August 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Tiggie said: Success!! It was my coffee percolator. Whatever is wrong with it must of got worse as now it trips the breakers just plugging it in. Annoyingly I can't see anything wrong with it inside. Might leave it a couple of weeks and then plug it back in to see what happens. Definitely the machine, not the socket it's plugged into? 1 Quote
Tiggie Posted August 24, 2022 Author Posted August 24, 2022 Definitely machine. trips no matter where its plugged in. tried plugging it in hallway which is on different circuit and it tripped that too 2 Quote
Fiddlesticks Posted August 24, 2022 Posted August 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tiggie said: Definitely machine. trips no matter where its plugged in. tried plugging it in hallway which is on different circuit and it tripped that too Only asked as we once had a washing machine that kept dying, coupled with a burning smell. I thought it was the machine, but it turned out a loose connection in the socket was arcing, melting the whole socket from the inside. Glad you've got it sorted anyway. 2 Quote
keith1200rs Posted August 24, 2022 Posted August 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Tiggie said: Success!! It was my coffee percolator. Whatever is wrong with it must of got worse as now it trips the breakers just plugging it in. Annoyingly I can't see anything wrong with it inside. Might leave it a couple of weeks and then plug it back in to see what happens. Suppression capacitor? If there isn't one, it could be a leaky element - with a single pole switch the other terminal is permanently connected to the element 2 Quote
Bender Posted August 24, 2022 Posted August 24, 2022 Picked up new pcb relay board for our dryer, it spins again 1 Quote
Mickly Posted August 24, 2022 Posted August 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Bender said: Picked up new pcb relay board for our dryer, it spins again 3 Quote
Avemalle Posted March 12 Posted March 12 (edited) A dodgy appliance could be the culprit. I had a similar issue, and after lots of trial and error, it turned out to be a faulty microwave. Unplug everything and plug them back in one by one to find the troublemaker. If it's an appliance and you're uncertain about repairing or replacing it, places like musiccityappliance.services can be useful for parts or advice on what to do next. Edited March 13 by Avemalle Quote
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