downstairs sockets tripping downstairs lights

macman

Still waiting for you to confirm which circuits all these lights are connected to.

techmob

yea sorry the house is being worked on at the moment and not all light bulbs are in.

if i put all light bulbs in and turn all lights on and turn each breaker off one by one, i will then see which lights go off and know which circuit they are connected to i.e the downstairs sockets?

just FYI the wall lights have never been used or a bulb put in. the switch always set to off however this problem seemed to happen when our extension lead blew from one of the sockets

although i have never done the "test button" before so i have no idea if that has ever worked.

thanks

vaio

have you changed the faulty RCD yet & checked the neutrals?

macman

techmob wrote: »

yea sorry the house is being worked on at the moment and not all light bulbs are in.

if i put all light bulbs in and turn all lights on and turn each breaker off one by one, i will then see which lights go off and know which circuit they are connected to i.e the downstairs sockets?

just FYI the wall lights have never been used or a bulb put in. the switch always set to off however this problem seemed to happen when our extension lead blew from one of the sockets

although i have never done the "test button" before so i have no idea if that has ever worked.

thanks

Yes, exactly.

techmob

vaio wrote: »

have you changed the faulty RCD yet & checked the neutrals?

not changed the RCD i do not have one to try. Not bought one yet.

The RCD does flick off, so i would of thought it is not faulty, but i am far from an expert

i have checked all the sockets downstairs and they look ok to me.

vaio

techmob wrote: »

......i did an earth Test with the test button on the CU and it didn't work with the RCD with the downstairs sockets.

Means it’s faulty and as well as not tripping on test it could also be tripping too soon in normal use.

I’d also check the neutrals for each circuit to make sure they are connected to the right neutral bar

muckybutt

My suggestion - get a sparky in as its obvious there is a fault of one description or another, and judging by your comments / description I wouldnt have said you were competant enough to carry out any repairs.

techmob

well it is all working as normal now, has been for the past few days. not sure exactly what has changed but the test button is all working again and nothing is tripping.

?