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Caz
hi all, we have a serious problem with our sockets. My partner turned on the kettle and it tripped the RCD, he unplugged it and turned the electricity back on but all sockets in the kitchen don't work anymore except for the cooker and dishwasher (electrician said they could be on a different ring). A new kitchen was fitted before we moved in so we don't know much about it, the house is a 2010 new built.
We got an electrician in and he said the wires in the sockets were a little loose, he tightened the screws and fixed something in the RCD then checked with his reader and everything seemed OK until we tried plugging the fridge only to realise that the problem is still there. They checked all the sockets and there was power (24.3 reading or something, I don't know) they checked the RCD again and said lounge sockets seem earthed but when you get to the kitchen the earth cuts of on both sides of the ring (there's earth between the sockets though). We don't know how and why but we're afraid we might have walls tempered with or something to find why the earthing disappears when you get to the kitchen. Any ideas of how this problem can be fixed, we'll be very grateful.
We got an electrician in and he said the wires in the sockets were a little loose, he tightened the screws and fixed something in the RCD then checked with his reader and everything seemed OK until we tried plugging the fridge only to realise that the problem is still there. They checked all the sockets and there was power (24.3 reading or something, I don't know) they checked the RCD again and said lounge sockets seem earthed but when you get to the kitchen the earth cuts of on both sides of the ring (there's earth between the sockets though). We don't know how and why but we're afraid we might have walls tempered with or something to find why the earthing disappears when you get to the kitchen. Any ideas of how this problem can be fixed, we'll be very grateful.