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Hi all
I installed a new beko electric cooker for a friend and it was fine at first the clocks came on etc, and today was the first time they was going to use it, they switched on the hob and it blew the MCB.
I've checked all cable at each point such as Consumer unit, cooker unit and behind cooker.
I connected the L and N to the cooker without the earth and it doesn't trip, so I no its something to do with the earth.
I've done a continuity test by linking live and neutral at the board and testing between these cable at the other end to see if they are touching as I don't have a insualtion resistance tester, and it all seemed ok.
but when I tested between L and E on the on the cable to the cooker there was continuity so I then removed the cable from the cooker and put the tester on the L and E terminals on the cooker and there was continuity.
Does this sound like the brand new cooker is faulty as there shouldn't be continuity between L and E
I installed a new beko electric cooker for a friend and it was fine at first the clocks came on etc, and today was the first time they was going to use it, they switched on the hob and it blew the MCB.
I've checked all cable at each point such as Consumer unit, cooker unit and behind cooker.
I connected the L and N to the cooker without the earth and it doesn't trip, so I no its something to do with the earth.
I've done a continuity test by linking live and neutral at the board and testing between these cable at the other end to see if they are touching as I don't have a insualtion resistance tester, and it all seemed ok.
but when I tested between L and E on the on the cable to the cooker there was continuity so I then removed the cable from the cooker and put the tester on the L and E terminals on the cooker and there was continuity.
Does this sound like the brand new cooker is faulty as there shouldn't be continuity between L and E