Power trips
Jun 18th 2015, 9:19 am
#1
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Power trips
Does anyone know what causes our consumer unit "Trip" switch to go off at any time of day or night, summer or winter, rain or shine - regardless of whether we have lots of appliances running or nothing except the fridge freezer ?
It usually can be switched back on immediately - IF WE ARE HERE !
Occasionally , it refuses to go on again for a few minutes.
It drives us crazy - always worrying if we will return to a defrosted freezer. This has happened many times and it becomes boring eating all that chicken for days on end rather than throw it all away !
We are in the campo and this has been happening for the whole 10 years we have lived here.
A recently fitted new digital meter has not improved the situation at all.
Our neighbours suffer the same problem.
I'm sure there are some bright "sparks" out there who can answer this conundrum - but I haven't found one yet.
It usually can be switched back on immediately - IF WE ARE HERE !
Occasionally , it refuses to go on again for a few minutes.
It drives us crazy - always worrying if we will return to a defrosted freezer. This has happened many times and it becomes boring eating all that chicken for days on end rather than throw it all away !
We are in the campo and this has been happening for the whole 10 years we have lived here.
A recently fitted new digital meter has not improved the situation at all.
Our neighbours suffer the same problem.
I'm sure there are some bright "sparks" out there who can answer this conundrum - but I haven't found one yet.
Jun 18th 2015, 10:11 am
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Location: the moors and levels
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Re: Power trips
Does anyone know what causes our consumer unit "Trip" switch to go off at any time of day or night, summer or winter, rain or shine - regardless of whether we have lots of appliances running or nothing except the fridge freezer ?
It usually can be switched back on immediately - IF WE ARE HERE !
Occasionally , it refuses to go on again for a few minutes.
It drives us crazy - always worrying if we will return to a defrosted freezer. This has happened many times and it becomes boring eating all that chicken for days on end rather than throw it all away !
We are in the campo and this has been happening for the whole 10 years we have lived here.
A recently fitted new digital meter has not improved the situation at all.
Our neighbours suffer the same problem.
I'm sure there are some bright "sparks" out there who can answer this conundrum - but I haven't found one yet.
It usually can be switched back on immediately - IF WE ARE HERE !
Occasionally , it refuses to go on again for a few minutes.
It drives us crazy - always worrying if we will return to a defrosted freezer. This has happened many times and it becomes boring eating all that chicken for days on end rather than throw it all away !
We are in the campo and this has been happening for the whole 10 years we have lived here.
A recently fitted new digital meter has not improved the situation at all.
Our neighbours suffer the same problem.
I'm sure there are some bright "sparks" out there who can answer this conundrum - but I haven't found one yet.
Last edited by jimenato; Jun 18th 2015 at 10:27 am.
Jun 18th 2015, 10:41 am
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Location: Ontinyent - Valencia region (campo)
Posts: 5,159
Re: Power trips
... or you could fit a surge protector in the main 'box' in case it's this that's causing it.
