I desperately need help! Old fuseboard replaced by an electrician but it keeps tripping and he won't respond!

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Can you show a pic of one of the RCDs so we can see the markings behind the switch toggle?
Hello,
Please see the photos of the fuse board in the cupboard and the boiler situated just behind the cupboard. I had asked the electrician to connect the fuse board pipes neatly in the cupboard, but it looks a mess. Not helped by another electrician/gas engineer when he drilled few holes and one of them went straight through the gas pipe situated behind the wall and by the boiler.
 

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Could be
- faulty rcd
- something plugged into a socket with earth faults. You should definitely try unplugging things, especially any heaters
- faulty light fitting
-outside light on same circuit full of water

Any real electrician could test each circuit and measure the Earth leakage.
Some electricity is regularly going an unintended route, basically going missing in action, and this safety device is operating in case it’s going through a person. It’s likely the fault was there before he started.

There is also an unlikely possibility that the smart meter in close proximity is causing it to trip. This is unusual but can happen.

Does it always trip at the same time of day?

Basically you need to get someone competent in. The first tests are simple and if a fault is measurable it shouldn’t be that hard to find it.
Hello,
My mother did have a smart meter but because of her dementia, she has hidden it. I am going to try and find it.
Not sure whether it trips at the same time of the day as I am not always around.
It's hard to find competent electricians or gas engineers. I have called a gas safe engineer from Gas Safe Register to fit my radiator and he seemed Ok.
 
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