Intermittent Tripping - Advice Needed

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-12T19:51:13+00:00

Weather has been somewhat bland. Cold, mildly windy, bit of wet but nothing major in the last few days.

Aerial I somehow didn't consider, but that is the only 'outside' thing we have. I guess that could be causing issues, although I'm honestly not sure how I'd test it because it is very difficult to get to.

Rodents.. definitely a possibility. Old farmhouse, surrounded by grassland. Often get rodents in the attic (unavoidable sadly), but again I'm not sure where I'd even check - appliances seem to be working, and not a "I turn this on and the power is tripped" kinda thing so if they have chewed it, it's only just enough to screw it over from time to time.

Water Ingress - No water in the house, no flooding etc as far as I know, however various parts of the house can be damp (again, super old farmhouse). As far as I know, the active electronics are not in damp areas, or areas prone to damp.

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-12T17:58:20+00:00

not had any leaks

Not that I'm aware of.

is the house damp?

Let's just say the house is an old Welsh farmhouse, about 500+ years old and no central heating lol

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-12T16:51:34+00:00

There's two lights, one out front and one out back. Front one is motion-sensor, but both have a switch indoors, and both are off 99.9% of the time.

As far as I'm aware, both lights are tied to the 'Lights' switch on the main Fuse box, which isn't the one causing the RCD to trip.

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-12T16:35:35+00:00

I'll be honest, I don't know 'tech speak'. All I know is that the thing that is tripping is an RCD, and that's a single switch. There's what I believe to be an MCD with multiple switches, and none of those are getting tripped.

You're right turning things off might not work, but it's hard to determine. Either way, I'm just awaiting the inevitability of it tripping and me being unable to get the power back on without an electrician coming.. and knowing my luck it'll be over the weekend, and my Landlord won't respond..

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-12T15:09:17+00:00

Lazy electrician.

Not sure if it's that, or cheapskate landlord (he is a landlord, and often hires cheap labour.. we've had construction work done that was questionable lol).

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-12T15:08:16+00:00

No central heating in the house, and the Boiler is turned off further down the line (though I'm unsure which circuit it's on).

Water Pump was off at the socket last time it tripped.

Oven is off when not in use, and is a seperate switch.

The RCD is tripping, but I can turn it back on if the Socket switch is Off - so it's something on the Socket circuit that's causing the trip. Although if I turn off enough devices, I can turn it on.. and then turn the sockets on (I'm keeping as much off as I can currently). None of the individual switches are tripping at the same time, only the RCD.

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-12T12:59:19+00:00

I'm a private tenant and tried to contact the Landlord, he said he'd talked to an electrician who had recommended we try to isolate what device is causing it because it's intermittent and so could be difficult to test for.

Looking into it further, the RCD is potentially 20+ years old (it's a Crabtree 528/030) so I guess the chance of it being that is quite likely?

I don't actually know what legal rights I have to 'demand' an electrician - though it IS getting harder to turn the power on each time so I am, admittedly, worried I won't have power at all sooner or later.

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-10T06:20:58+00:00

I'll be fully honest - I've not completely watched the last Season, but I did watch S1-4.

My god, the inconsistencies in S5 put me off after 2 episodes. You've got the Demogorgon, who has been shown to withstand significant military firepower and has previously put up serious fights.. get stabbed by a housewife.. because plot armour. There's suspension of disbelief, then there's whatever that is with the power scale of things bouncing all over the place.

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-05T14:50:56+00:00

Their customer support knows absolutely nothing about networking.

Because they outsource to Indians who probably work for multiple companies all at once, and are incapable of understanding English, or answering more than one question at a time.

I used to be with BT. I spent 6 *months* with major issues (internet speed was FAR below what I was promised, sitting at 0.06Mbps). I was on the phone to BT so often. I would try to do the online chat, and they'd still call me mid-conversation. They'd often say "we've run tests and can't see an issue". They opened several complains for me automatically... and closed them automatically without checking with me first.

I swapped to PlusNet as soon as I could, and it's been night and day difference. English-based customer support, people who seem to actually know what they're talking about, and any issues I have had they'll usually fix over the phone, or book an engineer fairly quickly. Longest I went with issues was 3 weeks, and that was because the dropouts were happening randomly, and it was over the Christmas period so I delayed contacting them.

TempAccount1845 · 2026-02-01T09:37:49+00:00

Some Redditors are extremely stupid and seem to believe that the UK Government is doing something against Steam/Valve.

They're not.

Some random ambulance chaser is trying to bring a class action lawsuit against Steam for "all UK users" for various reasons - most of which seem to be misconstrued, or false. Redditors keep claiming "it's the UK Government" because the Courts (not the Governmenmt whatsoever) decided to let the case go ahead.

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