New kitchen, live earth fault!!

[Octopus]

Wonder if its a plastic CU?

 

[Jeff.wd]

So the upstairs sockets aren't protected by a RCD - why not? The installation doesn't comply with the regs....

Can you post a picture of the fuseboard?

Hi again, kitchen sockets should read kitchen and downstairs sockets, house sockets should read upstairs sockets!!

 

[Jeff.wd]

He was a kitchen fitter, you can't expect it to be right when you employ those cowboys to do electrical work.

Kitchen fitter did not do any electrical work, electrical company did all electrics.

 

[westward10]

Blanks look like he found them in a skip. The "house sockets" circuit requires rcd protection. Wouldn't mind seeing inside it.

 

[Darkwood]

Im betting there was a earth leakage fault with the upstairs sockets existing, there is absolutely no reason to segregate them away from any rcd protection otherwise... no self respecting qualified competent electrician would do what this 'electrician' has done.

 

[Darkwood]

PS I bet he drilled through the upstairs socket circuit hence its not on a rcd

also to note, they haven't balanced the lighting across the rcd's so next time a lamp pops the whole house lighting is possibly effected.

 

[Anthony S]

Electrical company don't know how to fill out the Certificate correctly.

 

[Jeff.wd]

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Im betting there was a earth leakage fault with the upstairs sockets existing, there is absolutely no reason to segregate them away from any rcd protection otherwise... no self respecting qualified competent electrician would do what this 'electrician' has done.

They did say there was a neutral fault on the upstairs sockets, could this be the reason. Could that simply be a badly wired plug?

 

[westward10]

My brother had a similar thing on his kitchen a few years ago, earthing conductor was loose at pme terminal, must have been like it years and someone must have inadvertently moved it.

 

[EastAnglian]

That image hardly inspires confidence, apart from the fact that the "house" sockets do not have RCD protection as previoulsy mentioned. Ii doesn't help us with your original question, but it gives us an idea of how your 'electician' spells quality!