Hi, first post here, I've got an issue with my home electrics and need a bit of advice as to what may be causing it please. Bear with me as I know very little about electrics, anything more than wiring a plug or changing light fittings and sockets is beyond me.
So the issue is with appliances in the garage starting to blow fuses, the appliances being washer, tumbler and fridge freezer
They have all happily been plugged into a 4 gang extension cable in the internal garage for a few years, often all being switched on at the same time (fridge freezer constantly on, the others plugged in all the time and switched on when in use.
A few months ago the downstairs sockets went off and the fusebox switch had tripped and needed the switch flipping back on. I realised the garage appliances didn't come back on and I swapped the extension cable for a similar one (as I didn't have a fuse handy) The new extension worked fine, I assumed it was a blown fuse
Everything was fine until the other day when the same thing happened, extension cable fuse blown again.
I plugged in an extension I use for gardening(4 gang 25 m reel extension with safety cut out button) and plugged all 3 appliances into that and that tripped after 10 mins or so.
I reset and tried it in different sockets and it kept tripping so I ruled out the sockets and thought it must be a dodgy appliance.
I unplugged the tumbler and it seemed to sort it out, The tumbler was old anyway so I decided to replace it and the washer and freezer have been running fine for 2 days, I actually bought another 4 gang 10m reel cable with safetey cut out and plugged them into that.
Today the new tumbler arrived which I plugged into the extension where the washer and freezer are plugged in and it's started to cut out again, I've now tried the new tumbler in the new extension by itself and it's cutting out.
Any idea what's going on? Thanks
So the issue is with appliances in the garage starting to blow fuses, the appliances being washer, tumbler and fridge freezer
They have all happily been plugged into a 4 gang extension cable in the internal garage for a few years, often all being switched on at the same time (fridge freezer constantly on, the others plugged in all the time and switched on when in use.
A few months ago the downstairs sockets went off and the fusebox switch had tripped and needed the switch flipping back on. I realised the garage appliances didn't come back on and I swapped the extension cable for a similar one (as I didn't have a fuse handy) The new extension worked fine, I assumed it was a blown fuse
Everything was fine until the other day when the same thing happened, extension cable fuse blown again.
I plugged in an extension I use for gardening(4 gang 25 m reel extension with safety cut out button) and plugged all 3 appliances into that and that tripped after 10 mins or so.
I reset and tried it in different sockets and it kept tripping so I ruled out the sockets and thought it must be a dodgy appliance.
I unplugged the tumbler and it seemed to sort it out, The tumbler was old anyway so I decided to replace it and the washer and freezer have been running fine for 2 days, I actually bought another 4 gang 10m reel cable with safetey cut out and plugged them into that.
Today the new tumbler arrived which I plugged into the extension where the washer and freezer are plugged in and it's started to cut out again, I've now tried the new tumbler in the new extension by itself and it's cutting out.
Any idea what's going on? Thanks