Fuses tripping.

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117 months

Sunday 14th April
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We’ve just started having trouble with the downstairs sockets tripping the circuit breaker.

It’s a 6 year old new build and hasn’t been touched.

It’s only happening every few weeks and once it’s switched back on it’s fine.

The only thing I’ve done just previous to this happening was tile the splash back in the kitchen. This involved loosening the sockets to get the tiles behind but I didn’t even remove them and they only just go under the socket covers so shouldn’t be touching anything.

It’s not tripping when anything in particular is being used, the last time it happened we were watching tv.

How do I find out what could be at fault? Is it a diy job or does it need an electrician and can it be done just by a circuit tester?

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Original Poster:

2,898 posts

117 months

Monday 15th April
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I’ll take a pic of the consumer unit next time it happens.

Hopefully you’ll never hear from me again.