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    TV keeps going off when kitchen light is sw on

    Hi there everybody, came across a different problem in a domestic household kitchen which contained two fluorescent strip lights when you switched them on the tv in the living room would go off for a minute, I began by checking the connections in the fittings apart from were the earths were...
    • mrbrian
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    • going keeps kitchen light off when
    • Replies: 65
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. R

    Fitted brushed stainless sockets now mcb keeps tripping out and rcd won't stay on??

    Hi all, I've just removed all the upstairs sockets ( mk plastic type ) and replaced them with lap brushed stainless sockets. I have earthed them and also earthed them to the back box I've also checked all wires are tight and good but the mcb keeps tripping out? It has only started doing this...
    • roger44
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    • fitted keeps mcb out rcd socket sockets tripping won't
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  3. K

    Fuse keeps blowing? Try this . . .

    Found this today after a call from one of our service engineers. I think the picture says it all.
    • kenai36
    • Thread
    • blade blowing fuse keeps metal service
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. L

    Dimmer keeps blowing

    Any advice is much appreciated. I have a new light fitted, 10 x E27 40watt filament bulbs. Its this one: 10 Lights - Edison Chandelier Pendant Lamp Ceiling Light Bulbs Remote Control | eBay I have now fitted 5 dimmer switches and not found one that works. Leading edge dimmers buzz really...
    • liamruairi
    • Thread
    • blowing bulbs dimmer keeps light remote
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. S

    Fluorescent ballast keeps blowing

    Hi firstly I would have posted in the diy forum but I don't have permission. Hopefully someone can advise me though. We have a fluorescent ceiling pendant light in a recently rewired kitchen. After a few weeks there was a blue spark and bang and the light stopped working. Switching the power...
  6. W

    mcb keeps blowing on lighting

    Hello sparks I was at a Job earlier today,the customers upstairs lights would not turn on due to the 6A mcb operating so it's a short circuit so I disconnected the supply to the first light the supply disconnected from consumer unit ,then did a insulation resistance which came out clear tried...
    • Wayne Hudson
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    • blowing keeps lighting mcb
    • Replies: 74
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Rcd keeps tripping out

    I'm a little confused as I have been off work for a while and not had that much electrical work on recently and am a bit of a noob if I'm honest. The issue is that the rcd was tripping with all the breakers off. I took out the buzzbar next just to make sure. With the main breaker on the rcd...
    • Ian Pankhurst
    • Thread
    • earth fault keeps neutral out rcd still switch tripping
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. L

    Kitchen sockets keep tripping, push to test button keeps making it go to half way

    Hi, I would be very grateful if someone could shed some light on this: My kitchen sockets have been tripping often for quite a few months, usually noticed when we get home from work. I'm not sure what the culprit is so I just go down to my cellar and flick the switch back up. Last night it...
    • LouiseSheffield
    • Thread
    • boiler button keeps kitchen making socket sockets test tripping
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  9. S

    RCB keeps tripping

    Hi I seem to be having a strange problem with my 9kw shower , the RCB keeps tripping every time I switch the main ceiling double pole switch off , it is fine when using the shower but we have to reset the RCB every time someone finish's using the shower . I could understand if the problem...
  10. T

    Something keeps tripping the entire house

    Hi there, newbie here - thanks in advance for any help/suggestions. Over the last week or so something has tripped the entire house. At first it seemed to be limited to the kitchen lights but when I tested this they didn't trip the house. Then, with nobody near the kitchen lights, the house...
  11. P

    RCBO keeps tripping - without explanation

    The wiring in the house is split into separate circuits each with their own RCBO for 3 for lighting (separate for ground floor; upper floor; and basement) 3 for power (again as above) 1 for cooker 1 for shower 2 for fridge/freezers The problem exists only on the ground floor power circuit...
    • pads
    • Thread
    • floor keeps rcbo separate switched tripping trips without
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. B

    Light keeps coming on all the time .....

    This is not my problem but posted on behalf of a neighbour down the road who doesn't have access to a computer. Can't remember his name but he seemed a good egg. Not too sure about the answer so posted it in here to try and hide it and not to embarrass myself more than I usually do in the main...
  13. C

    zs test keeps tripping rcd

    fitted a new c/u and put a new ring main in kitchen last week ready for my assessment in the morning, everything tested ok and zs tested ok then, sent meter in for calibration check last thursday and picked it up today (megger 1552) certificate says everything passed no adjustment needed, so i...
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    autosave keeps crashing when making posts

    Hi - I think the autosave feature keeps crashing my browser when I'm using the quick post function to write a reply that's longer than a couple of sentences. Browser is chrome. Please switch that function off as this is starting to make me not want to post here, due to the frustration of...
  15. S

    Cooker hood circuit board keeps frying

    Hi, I am looking for a bit of advice on what may be causing the cooker hood circuit board to stop working. In four weeks it has blown twice, at £50 delivered a go. The hood is a Designair FGHD60ss,sealed ducting to outside, it is connected via moulded 13amp plug to socket in stainless steel...
  16. P

    RCD keeps tripping??

    No, don't panic, this isn't a plea for help, just sympathy. Asked to check out a bungalow this morning, (friend of the wife) apparently the "big switch in the fuseboard keeps tripping?" Oh well, turned up with the family in toe as I thought this won't take long. Old Wylex board with BS 4293 RCD...
    • Paultrim123321
    • Thread
    • damaged family fault fitting found keeps rcd tripping
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. J

    MK 12 Way Consumer Unit Keeps tripping

    Laying in bed 12:30pm I noticed my Wireless router was knocked out. Came down stairs and checked the consumer unit and it had tripped. Re-set it and all was OK went back to bed. Unusual not happened before. Next day 11am it tripped again. At this point I became suspicious. Before re-setting I...
    • JonKing
    • Thread
    • consumer consumer unit keeps tripping unit
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  18. M

    Advertising bar keeps reappearing

    I have a bug with the advertising bar on the RHS of the page. Usually I have it tucked away out of sight but today it's started reappearing by itself every couple of posts. Maybe a coincidence but it's been since the fixed page layout thingamybob was introduced. About Opera Version...
  19. D

    Pv system keeps shutting down

    First posting so be gentle! I have a 4kw solar pv system installed December 2011. Appears to be working reasonably well but the system consistantly shuts down when I operate a 1500 watt electric hydraulic log splitter. (The system resets and reinstates itself after five minutes.) Other...
  20. L

    Meter keeps running with circuits switched off

    Anybody can they decide on this been to an installation in a caravan, they complain of a meter reading turn of all circuits from DB undo meter cover and see the meter still turns baffling I know, so upon closer inspection I see signs of an overload on live and neutral cables black,bubbling...
    • langie15
    • Thread
    • circuit circuits keeps meter off running switch switched
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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