oh crikey, what a nightmare ! Can't help you personally Sarah, but a while ago there was a post started about what we all do as a profession, I'm sure there was some electricians on there, hope this helps and there is someone in your area xxx
do you know any firefighters? (not being pervy honest) alot of them have done their electrician training - the couple of friends I know from fire service around here have electrician as a second job.
I've tried looking for the old thread and I can't find it, if it was of a certain *age, and had no posts for a long time, Matt may have deleted/hidden it.
* I can't remember how old they have to be when Matt removes them and I can't remember the exact title.
It's a tricky situation, and one I found myself in 3 yrs ago, all the good craftsmen/professionals are very busy and can't do it, one of them told me that putting a shower in wasn't a big enough job so he wouldn't do it, the ones who are available are the ones to be wary of, check the work, that they've already done for others, before you let them loose on your home.
Thanks Sandi. I couldn't find it either lol. I may have found someone to come and look at least. He's the husband of someone my hubby works with so should be ok. I hope!!
Ok best I can say is unplug every item you have then plug in 1 at a time untill your electric trips out then you have the item that is fulty if it trips out with all unpluged call a sparky in
Ok you have a wire come adrift in the back of a socket you would have to open each on and check the wires tight on all plug sockets or call out a sparky
Lone-rider: Your Sparkie friend will probably have sorted it by the time you get to read this but:
Is there a loud pop or crack when it goes or does it just trip off silently?
And do you know if the consumer unit/fusebox has an RCD on any of the circuits? - They are fantastic for safety but will cause nuisance tripping if you have an appliance that's leaking current from live or neutal to earth! can be a right pain in the arse to figure out if its only intermittent!
Hi. No he's not coming till Saturday. It does make a noise when it trips but I assumed it was just the noise of the mains switch. It is an RCD box. It's very sensitive but not this bad normally
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