katy1980
Active member
Hi all.
I hope I have come to the right place for advice on an issue I'm a little unsure of:
When we turn cooker on it works for about 30 seconds then electrics blow (cooker is pretty new - less than a year old Bosch double oven). It's as if when the heat starts to kick in it trips (but turing RCD switch back on after tripping - oven always works fine then and doesn't trip again). Electrician came to find fault and claims we need new RCD circuit board as our existing is too small for the house (its a single switch one so he is getting a double). My concern is that we only use one bedroom and landing plus main living room and kitchen - so would existing really not be able to handle that? (The house is quite big; 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, a huge landing that I work on, kitchen and utility room so it is pretty big - but 3 rooms are guest rooms/not used for electricity - apart from lights - and one reception room never has anything plugged in either).
I guess I was a little unsure about how much we really needed a new board when I remember electrician saying he was struggling to find a circuit breaker for our board (the day before he came to work on the fault properly - which was when he said we need a new RCD and the fault cannot be fixed). In my mind I think we would just need a stronger breaker (or whatever it is!) for the board for the cooker switch - but I know NOTHING - and realise it's probably not so black and white so forgive my naivety!)
Anyway, £380 for a bigger RCD board to replace the existing RCD board (which is an OK quote from what I've been told - not great, but not bad either, I live in Huddersfield, Holme Valley area) and he's fitting it tomorrow - just before we go on holiday early hours Tues night/Wed morning so I'm stressed if need to do last minute work (I have an online business) or cleaning clothes etc. Paranoid it will all go wrong and not be able to shower before I go to the airport (catosraphising silly worrier? That's me!)
I'm wandering if this solution (new RCD) sounds correct? I don't get how we have had cookers etc working fine for nearly two years since we moved in - and all of a sudden our circuit board can't take it. We really need to get it done tomorrow because my aunt is looking after house and I can't leave her with a cooker that trips as going down to garage and turning the alarm off/on and flicking electrics switch is like asking her to run a marathon (she's of "mature" age and things like that would be a big deal for her).
Thanks and sorry to ask but it's playing on my mind and stressing me out before my jollies!
I hope I have come to the right place for advice on an issue I'm a little unsure of:
When we turn cooker on it works for about 30 seconds then electrics blow (cooker is pretty new - less than a year old Bosch double oven). It's as if when the heat starts to kick in it trips (but turing RCD switch back on after tripping - oven always works fine then and doesn't trip again). Electrician came to find fault and claims we need new RCD circuit board as our existing is too small for the house (its a single switch one so he is getting a double). My concern is that we only use one bedroom and landing plus main living room and kitchen - so would existing really not be able to handle that? (The house is quite big; 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, a huge landing that I work on, kitchen and utility room so it is pretty big - but 3 rooms are guest rooms/not used for electricity - apart from lights - and one reception room never has anything plugged in either).
I guess I was a little unsure about how much we really needed a new board when I remember electrician saying he was struggling to find a circuit breaker for our board (the day before he came to work on the fault properly - which was when he said we need a new RCD and the fault cannot be fixed). In my mind I think we would just need a stronger breaker (or whatever it is!) for the board for the cooker switch - but I know NOTHING - and realise it's probably not so black and white so forgive my naivety!)
Anyway, £380 for a bigger RCD board to replace the existing RCD board (which is an OK quote from what I've been told - not great, but not bad either, I live in Huddersfield, Holme Valley area) and he's fitting it tomorrow - just before we go on holiday early hours Tues night/Wed morning so I'm stressed if need to do last minute work (I have an online business) or cleaning clothes etc. Paranoid it will all go wrong and not be able to shower before I go to the airport (catosraphising silly worrier? That's me!)
I'm wandering if this solution (new RCD) sounds correct? I don't get how we have had cookers etc working fine for nearly two years since we moved in - and all of a sudden our circuit board can't take it. We really need to get it done tomorrow because my aunt is looking after house and I can't leave her with a cooker that trips as going down to garage and turning the alarm off/on and flicking electrics switch is like asking her to run a marathon (she's of "mature" age and things like that would be a big deal for her).
Thanks and sorry to ask but it's playing on my mind and stressing me out before my jollies!