RE: electrical problem

["Robert Welsh" <bob-ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Yep...

I'm in a house only 3 years old.
About a year ago I started getting phantom trips of the RCD and one of
the MCBs that was on a socket ring.
As it never coincided with myself or the missus actually switching
anything on or off, I initially assumed it was the fridge /freezer.

After having various parts in the fridge replaced over a period of 3
months and the occurrences getting more and more frequent I was pulling
my hair out.

One day, when boiling the kettle, I hear a "fizz" sound and odd
carbon
smell.

Unscrewing the double-socket from the wall revealed this:

http://www.suburbanwire.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=11

Replaced the socket - problem goes away (not surprisingly).

Moral of the story ?? Sometimes, it's not the stuff plugged into the
sockets that are at fault.

Cheers,
Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 February 2004 17:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] electrical problem
>
>
[..]
> > It happened again  just now so it has got me worried. We
> only moved in
> > less than a year ago.
>
> It's likely a faulty socket but if you're not sure call an
> electrician that can do PAT testing.


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