Rcd Board Dead

[Sylvergrunge]

Hi there, I am new to this forum so hope I am posting in the right place. I was hoping for some advice as I will put my hand to most DIY projects but I am no electrician and neither is my husband! I was in the garden using a hair dryer (trying to melt some glue on an old chest of drawers I am upcycling) when the hair dryer just stopped. I thought that maybe it had over heated so left it for a while but couldn't get it to work even after it had cooled. I checked that it worked on a socket inside the house, which it did. I then checked the outside RCD board and noted all switches were 'ON'. On further investigation I can see that my outside freezer and the lights (also connected to this RCD) are not working, yet the RCD says it is all ON. What can I do? Thanks in advance for any replies. 

 

[NozSpark]

You'be more than likely my ripped a breaker or blown a fuse inside the house. Check at your house consumer unit and for a fused spur in the house but near the garage

HTH

 

[alpha spark]

Where is the shed fed from could of tripped from there in the house

 

[ProDave]

Some RCD;s or mcb's trip to a mid position which is not always obvious.

Try turning it OFF then back ON again.

 

[Sylvergrunge]

I checked the main board in the house and everything was ON. I also switched off and on the mains switch just to check and the outside one is still not working

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Is there a switch near a socket with a fuse in it ? This may have blown due to the extra load of the hairdrier and it supplies all the outside  sockets

 

[Sylvergrunge]

Some RCD;s or mcb's trip to a mid position which is not always obvious.

Try turning it OFF then back ON again.

I tried this also, before and after I switched off the mains. No luck

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

If the lights are also off there should be another fuse or fusebox/consumer unit somewhere you have missed. In a shed, garage ? or maybe as I said above at a spur

 

[batty]

Does it definitely come from the house consumer unit it may be spured off a spur in the house and the fuse has gone. Is the consumer unit in the house marked up. One way of testing to see if garage consumer unit is live is push the test button if it doesn't trip you have probably lost power to it. Sorry slips said most of this.

 

[Sylvergrunge]

Is there a switch near a socket with a fuse in it ? This may have blown due to the extra load of the hairdrier and it supplies all the outside  sockets

No fused sockets/switches that I can see off that board

 

[ProDave]

The next thing you must do is obtain (buy or borrow if you don't have one) an extension lead to power the outside freezer from one of the working sockets in the house, before all it's contents defrost.

that gives you more time to sort out the problem, or get an electrician in to sort it out.

 

[Sylvergrunge]

All lights etc are off on the RCD which is in the garage. I thought that lead straight back to the main RCD in the house although it is not marked on it. I dont know of any other places that a spur may be to check :S

The next thing you must do is obtain (buy or borrow if you don't have one) an extension lead to power the outside freezer from one of the working sockets in the house, before all it's contents defrost.

that gives you more time to sort out the problem, or get an electrician in to sort it out.

Haha....already moved most of it to the inside freezer...or bin. It was due a good sort out anyway

 

[Sylvergrunge]

Looks like this may be a little bit more complex than I had hoped, so I suppose I had better give a local Electrician a call. Thanks for all your help guys. 

 

[Andy™]

where about are you? there may be someone on here not too far away