Electrics keep tripping.

Ace Modder · 12 Mar 2016 at 11:15

Once a day on average my main trip is flicking and all power goes off.

No idea why!!!

None of the individual trips flick just the main one.

It first happened after I unplugged a deep fat fryer. However the switch to the socket was already off. About an hour later I flicked the lounge light on and it tripped again.

Since then once a day it's tripping and no idea why. Lights were off and it just tripped.

Only TV was on in the house other than my hp server, fridge and Virgin box and amp/speakers.

However it has tripped in the past with nothing else running.

It's annoying as hell

How can I find it

Ace Modder · 12 Mar 2016 at 17:44

The fridge is less than 1 year old. And has been fine. Doubt it's the fridge but not ruling anything out.

Ace Modder · 13 Mar 2016 at 13:36

No, our hob is gas.

The main trip just went again just now.

This is our fuse box.

I have unplugged the kettle and toaster now. See if this makes any difference.
I'm removing 2 items at a time, till I find out potentially the cause, but as it trips aprox once every 24hours-36hours it is a slow testing game

Ace Modder · 13 Mar 2016 at 13:47

I have no idea about the lights etc. I'm far from an expert, the house is 80 years old, so much of it is fairly old.

The one thing I've just noticed is that one of my sockets in the kitchen can wobble a few mm when I put pressure on it, or pull a plug out of it. That could be a cause, right?

I've found a couple of sparkys from checkatrade website. Emailed them, so will see what they come back with. Only thing is, having never needed a sparky before, should/would they quote for a fault find diagonstic? I'm happy to pay, but usually is this something that is a chargable thing?