"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 17/02/2019 12:14, Kal Ico wrote:
Thanks again for your steer.

I'm with you, Roger, that I think I will have mis-measured. Yes, I was
using a low voltage AVO multimeter. I have a mains tester and even an
insulation tester but would have to read up how to use them. (I
qualified as 16th Edition, years ago, but not made use of this stuff in a
long time. What is it they say about the brain - if you don't use it,
you lose it!)

If the heater element is most likely to be at fault, I can remove that
(after draining down - not easy!) then test that. I expect they are not
too expensive to replace, so worth a try.

My alternative is a new washer, which must be circa £350. This one has
done about 8 years, so not bad. But I prefer to look after and repair
stuff if I can. The modern ones are all so complicated, with LCD
displays for goodness sake. It's a washer!

If you are gettinmg trips with the washing machine unplugged IT IS NOT THE
WASHING MACHINE

But given that he does get trips with the washing machine plugged
in to a different circuit with a different RCD, it does appear that the
washing machine does have a fault and that there is also a separate
fault with the original circuit or whats plugged into it.