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alexjackson
We've had an intermittent fault that trips the circuit breaker on the socket ring for quite a few months now. The ring for lights is unaffected.
It usually happens during the day when we are at work and then we come home to a fridge that is starting to warm up.
I've had an electrician test the circuit at the consumer unit and they can find no fault with the wiring. His advice was that it must be an appliance that draws power during the day, with the most likely culprit being the fridge. We recently replaced the fridge freezer (it needed to go anyway) but have now had the problem reoccur.
The last instance was whilst we were on holiday (resulting in the freezer defrosting fully). I had been careful to switch off/unplug all appliances (e.g. internet, TV, etc) other than the new fridge freezer, the oven and a small clock radio.
When we returned home and reset the circuit breaker the alarm went off (it doesn't normally do this if we reset it after coming home from work). We have previously had trouble with the alarm so don't bother setting it.
Given the above, can anyone suggest where to begin with finding this fault? Or where I should be directing an electrician to test?
Any help much appreciated.
It usually happens during the day when we are at work and then we come home to a fridge that is starting to warm up.
I've had an electrician test the circuit at the consumer unit and they can find no fault with the wiring. His advice was that it must be an appliance that draws power during the day, with the most likely culprit being the fridge. We recently replaced the fridge freezer (it needed to go anyway) but have now had the problem reoccur.
The last instance was whilst we were on holiday (resulting in the freezer defrosting fully). I had been careful to switch off/unplug all appliances (e.g. internet, TV, etc) other than the new fridge freezer, the oven and a small clock radio.
When we returned home and reset the circuit breaker the alarm went off (it doesn't normally do this if we reset it after coming home from work). We have previously had trouble with the alarm so don't bother setting it.
Given the above, can anyone suggest where to begin with finding this fault? Or where I should be directing an electrician to test?
Any help much appreciated.