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had a call today that a tumble dryer had stopped working, as it was for a friend said i would pop along.
anyway got there, this is what they had, ringmain in the kitchen. this ringmain fed a fused spur above the worktop, which then fed an unswitched s/o under the kitchen units, fused spur had a 13a fuse in it and board had 32a mcb with an rcd as it was a split board.
anyway pulled the tumble dryer out pulled the plug out for it and it crumbled in my hand with the live pin being stuck in the socket, the socket is wrecked burnt and cracked aswell which need replacing.
strange thing is though, the fuse didnt go in the fused spur neither did the mcb or rcd, even though the fuse in the tumble dryer plug has completly melted.
anyone got any views on this??? what caused it etc without anything blowing.
put a new plug on the tumble dryer and it now works fine, so very odd.
anyway got there, this is what they had, ringmain in the kitchen. this ringmain fed a fused spur above the worktop, which then fed an unswitched s/o under the kitchen units, fused spur had a 13a fuse in it and board had 32a mcb with an rcd as it was a split board.
anyway pulled the tumble dryer out pulled the plug out for it and it crumbled in my hand with the live pin being stuck in the socket, the socket is wrecked burnt and cracked aswell which need replacing.
strange thing is though, the fuse didnt go in the fused spur neither did the mcb or rcd, even though the fuse in the tumble dryer plug has completly melted.
anyone got any views on this??? what caused it etc without anything blowing.
put a new plug on the tumble dryer and it now works fine, so very odd.