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My microwave recently packed in so i did a few tests and found the power diode to be at fault my oven seems to have two....one from the capacitor to the chasis and the other across the terminals of the capacitor i replaced the one to the chasis with one i bought from fleabay..im pretty sure it...

if they stay on in seperate breakers with the landing light OFF and trip when the landing light is switched on then that is your problem :)

I remember rewiring a kitchen and leaving the apprentice to wraggle and fix the back boxes I went to use the bathroom,i opened the door to see a row of red rawl plugs sticking through the tiled wall :red cardheadbang

Check your Ze reading if its too high (0.35 for a TN-C-S)(0.80 for a TN-S) You may have a bad earth from the supply which would push Zs values up!Check earthing conductor tightness! if still high inform DNO! You can increase conductor size which would bring R1+R2 Values down therefore reducing...

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Just an idea! Wot about a deep single pattress with a 45A cooker connection plate :)

If its rcd protected does it need to be in the safe zone ?

Have you checked connections at all sockets? you may have neutral earth reversed somewhere sending current down the cpc when appliance plugged in! If its a tn-c-s may have functioned like that before the rcd was fitted.Also if its one ring for the whole house end to end readings of 0.21 ohms on...

You have the porch socket breaker down as a 16A when its a 20A :)

Letter looks good all points covered :) Why didn't she call the kitchen company about the fault and get them out?

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i never put smoke alarms on a seperate circuit reason being if the breaker goes no one notices they are off wont be long till the batteries go flat! Atleast if they are doubled up with a lighting circuit theres more chance of the breaker being put back on! :)

Im pretty sure the manual tells you to put the neutral neutral on so the tester can verify supply polarity before it does the Ze test!

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