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Strange electrical problem

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  • 05-10-2009 12:38pm
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    Panrich
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    I have a house (7 years old) from new. I have always been a bit suspicious of the wiring but an occurrance at the weekend has me slightly freaked. A cct breaker tripped on Saturday evening. As it was dark, I turned the hall lights on before investigating. To my surprise the hall light switch was powering the kitchen lights!!! The kitchen light switches didn't work. This continued until I reset the breaker and all came back to normal. I know that an electrician will be required but I sense a big job in the offing and wonder if this sort of thing maight be covered under homebond or something?


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    davelerave
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    the kitchen light seems to be powered from 2 circuits.


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    romah
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    another 7 year old house..

    I have a Hotpoint washing machine/dryer that trips the power to all the sockets in the house ...only when it is doing a spin..

    ...anyone work that one out :confused:


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    Panrich
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    davelerave wrote: »
    the kitchen light seems to be powered from 2 circuits.

    I know. I almost had a nasty surprise on a previous occasion when replacing a light fitting in the living room. Although the fitting seemed isolated at the switch when the cct breaker was off, my phase tester showed otherwise. Ever since, I have always turned power off at the main switch when doing any work. It's just that I never followed the logic until the other night as my capability in this area is limited to changing light fittings/wiring alarms type work.


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    Panrich
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    Obviuosly, having read my previous post I meant to say that I thought that the power was isolated at the board by using the switch.


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    .G.
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    romah wrote: »
    another 7 year old house..

    I have a Hotpoint washing machine/dryer that trips the power to all the sockets in the house ...only when it is doing a spin..

    ...anyone work that one out :confused:

    post number 5 from Joey the lips on the thread below might be worth investigating :-

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055669715


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    2011
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    my phase tester showed otherwise.
    The first thing to be aware of is that if your phase tester looks anything like the one shown below then you should not believe anything it tells you. This has caused many accident over the years and for this reason they are banned from most sites.

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    wonder if this sort of thing maight be covered under homebond or something?
    Homebond does not cover electrical work, it is related to the structural integerity of the house.

    I think you need to get an electrician to look at this.


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    romah
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    superg wrote: »
    post number 5 from Joey the lips on the thread below might be worth investigating :-

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055669715

    Thanks for info ....it sounds like the same problem ..will check it out

    :)


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