JonnyTester
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I got my consumer unit replaced before Christmas, from the old "pull-fuse" type to the more modern "trip" type. Since then we've had nothing but problems. What happens is, the big house ring trip switch seems to have a life of it's own. Sometimes it trips when I turn the garage (fluorescent) light off. Sometimes it's the oven dial on the cooker that trips it. Sometimes it's the cooker switch at the wall. Sometimes the vacuum cleaner does it. Sometimes the electric whisk. And sometimes it does it all on it's own (twice today!). Sometimes it would go for weeks on end not tripping at all. And it's driving us round the bend. We've had an electrician out and he says it may be a neutral to earth somewhere in the house and it's only started showing up since we changed the unit. But then again, he says, that would only happen when you turned things on, not off.
So if there are any electricians here that may be able to help, please do.
So if there are any electricians here that may be able to help, please do.