On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 20:08:00 +0100, Adrian Simpson
wrote:

So, is it a coincidence that watering the earth spike has got things
working ?

No, chances are that it's a voltage-activated RCD. Is it old ? 15-20
years ? These things were a bit prone to this problem.

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