Recent content by StephenB

Clevedon, N. Somerset.

It certainly looks that way from the fact that there's so much hanging on one MCB. We bought the house in 2018 so most of it was done by the previous owners, who did leave us lots of paperwork. The kitchen was fitted in 2010 by a  firm of kitchen fitters and the owners left us a NicEic Domestic...

Thanks everybody for all your tips and suggestions. As I don't have access to any specialist equipment or the knowledge to interpret the readings, and there's no guarantee the fault will recur if I were to hire the kit or get an electrician in, I need to narrow down the possible causes before I...

Hi Andy, Thanks for this. There seems to be general agreement that intermittent faults are near impossible to find, even for the professionals, so it looks like I'm on a hiding to nothing. Maybe I'll just replace the consumer unit wit RCBOs as suggested by NozSpark and hope for the best.

Hi NozSpark, (if the fault is there at the time) is the critical question. Every time it trips I have simply switched it back on and it hasn't tripped again for days or weeks. Was the fault there for just a minute or two?

Hi NozSpark, Thanks for the suggestion. I was already thinking of replacing the consumer unit as I think there are too many outlets on the one RCD. Maybe I should just try your solution and see if the problem goes away before trying to find an intermittent fault. Thanks again

Hi Murdoch, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll make a note of time and date and anything being switched on or off each time it happens from now on. Ther are two MCBs on this RCD, one for the upstairs lights and the other for the upstairs sockets plus the kitchen sockets.

Hi Special Location, Thanks for the very detailed reply. You were the one who gave the most useful reply to Wah007's question back in 2016. To answer your question, we bought the house two years ago and had some electrical work done then, including extractor fans in two bathrooms and a...

Hi Geoff1946, Thanks for the tip. I have had to find intermittent faults in electronic equipment in my time and I know it can take a very long time. I don't relish the thought of trying to do this with domestic wiring that I have no experience with. I'd rather get a trusted electrician in to...

I have an RCCB that trips off randomly. Sometimes it's two or three times a week and at other times it can go six weeks or more without tripping. It doesn't seem to be associated with switching any lights or appliances on or off and I'm worried it could trip off when we're away on holiday and we...