Any sparkies there?

[Phil Pascoe]

My ring main has tripped out, it won't reset. Everything in the bungalow is switched off at the socket, the dishwasher and dryer were running when it tripped, but there was nothing switched on at the second it tripped. Lighting is OK, as is the cooker. I had a water leak a few weeks ago and water came down a conduit, but that socket was replaced and is bone dry internally. I can't think of anything that would stop it resetting. Any ideas? (I've got the router and desk top running from the workshop, which is a different circuit.)

 

[SteveF]

not a sparks but i would
unplug everything you can and see what happens
slowly plug stuff in until it goes again
switched off is not enough

Steve

 

[Seiken]

try going round and taking the plugs out of the sockets as well as switching off then try to reset the trip.

 

[Seiken]

already been suggested

 

[Racers]

Last time mine tripped out it was a slight leak in a central heating valve shaft whetting the card insulator under the micro switch.

As has been said unplug everything as a neutral to earth short will cause the trip to trip.

Pete

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Sorted - or partially sorted. We forgot there was stuff plugged in in the side shed. I'll investigate, tomorrow.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The truth has come out - the boy left the door open and the rain blew in on a socket. He came in and said he thought the fault might be there because "it was a bit wet in there".

 

[NazNomad]

The truth has come out - the boy left the door open and the rain blew in on a socket. He came in and said he thought the fault might be there because "it was a bit wet in there".

Not quite as bad as the many 'cat's pish in the socket' I used to find on BT. :-(

 

[sunnybob]

My neighbour phoned me last week, late saturday night. His electric was gone same as yours.

I'd had a couple of vodkas, but had a look around anyway. everything unplugged, power trip would not reset.

So I asked him what he'd done last before it tripped.

"Oh, I had the power washer going outside"
Off we go on a tour of the grounds, finally found the problem. A 13 amp double socket SIX FOOT off the ground under his covered area. When I did the blank "HUH" look, he said... "oh, I was power washing the walls".

I took the socket off the box and it had blown all three wires clean off the incoming cable, just as if it had been snipped.
I went back the next day (sober) and repaired it for him.