What is wrong with this wall socket (Tester results included)

chris_n

Risteard said:

JenP85 said:

Section62 said:

JenP85 said:

Ty for your reply! It's on the ring as far as I'm aware. No work going on but when we first noticed a problem we plugged an electric heater in which worked for about 5-10mins but just went off. 

I may do a socket change then and see if it helps/works. So fingers crossed! Ty for the help:)

There's nothing much in a socket to cause this kind of fault, so don't change the socket just yet.

A single socket, plus a delay of 5 to 10 mins before the power goes off (with no problems elsewhere) would suggest to me the socket is likely to be on a fuse-protected spur.  Have a careful look around the area (including adjacent rooms) for anything which could be a fused spur unit. Something like either of these -

Omg thank you so much!! I did this and it works again lol. Thank you so much just saved me prob £100. I will still change the socket as we're slowly changing them over in the house but at least I don't need to do it today. Thank you once again!!

What rating was the ruptured fuse?

And did you replace it with the same rating?