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Been around a friends house today for dinner and whilst there the rcd tripped. Its been tripping on and off it seems since they moved in. Especially when the cooker and kitchen are using lots of aplliances.
Had a look and the neutral in the bottom was barely secured. I could pull it out. The strands were crushed and forced in rather than being a nice cord to terminate well.
There was also a unsleeved cpc that was far too long and running below and looped back up behind.
So not sure if the loose neutral caused the burn marks on the bottom of rcd or there is another fault with something running through the cpc?
Have checked and sorted out for now but the annoying thing is the house is barely a 4 years old and they are the second owners having bought it last month!! Very poor workmanship and they loads of things to put right in this house. The last owner had done bits of work as they added a new circuit with a rcbo for the garage and it looks like everything has been moved around to accomodate.
There may or may not be a certificate for this work. They are going to check with their solicitor who has the papers.
Im going back tomorrow to do some further investigations.
Thoughts?
Had a look and the neutral in the bottom was barely secured. I could pull it out. The strands were crushed and forced in rather than being a nice cord to terminate well.
There was also a unsleeved cpc that was far too long and running below and looped back up behind.
So not sure if the loose neutral caused the burn marks on the bottom of rcd or there is another fault with something running through the cpc?
Have checked and sorted out for now but the annoying thing is the house is barely a 4 years old and they are the second owners having bought it last month!! Very poor workmanship and they loads of things to put right in this house. The last owner had done bits of work as they added a new circuit with a rcbo for the garage and it looks like everything has been moved around to accomodate.
There may or may not be a certificate for this work. They are going to check with their solicitor who has the papers.
Im going back tomorrow to do some further investigations.
Thoughts?