On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:12:29 +0000, T i m wrote:

So,

There I was, minding my own business when 'click' all the power went
off in the room. I only had a side light on at the time so thought it
could have been a power cut. Went to the hall and found the light on
so realised it was just my power ccts. Reset the RCD and it tripped
again. Switched off all the MCB's, reset the RCD and turned the MCB's
back on one at a time .. upstairs ring .. 'click'. I then removed all
plugs from the ring and RCD reset ok. Plugging things back in found
the washing machine (there is a little utility area also on upstairs
ring) was the cause (but only when switched on at the socket to it's a
live earth fault?)

So, what is likely to be the cause of a washing machine tripping the
power

Water (where oughta not be).

In a place I run, the damp pump windings have gone short circuit (4.4
Ohms @ 3V DC) which in turn have taken out the control module (£80). 8-(((


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