do i have faulty electrics?

[Ally]

Please can you help!!!!!!!!!!I have a new cooker gas with electric ignition as soon as i try to use the ignition it trips the electric. I also have a problem with the steam iron,any suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

[breezer]

try the iron in a different socket, and also check the wiring of the plug on both iron and cooker, is it right way round, and how lonhg has this been happening?

sorry if you know this but

bLue is left

bRown is right

gn /yellow only one place to go, top

i know of some one who when using his toaster had the same thing happen, blue and green/ yellow were wrong way round

 

[Ally]

I have tried the iron in a number of sockets in the kitchen and as soon as i switch on the steam or put the iron down heavily it will trip. Also the cooker we have had for about three months and it has only been the last six weeks that it has been causing this problem.

 

[alertelec]

Ally

Try your iron in a different room of the house, if you try another socket in the kitchen you are still on the same circuit.

 

[masona]

I have tried the iron in a number of sockets in the kitchen and as soon as i switch on the steam or put the iron down heavily it will trip.

My wife is a curtain maker and use a iron regular (not me ) and we are now on our third steam iron in less than a year.Due to heavy usage & before throwing the old one away,I took it apart and found some of the electrical terminals suffering from corrosion.The steam iron properly cause some internal condensation causing the CU to trip.

 

[securespark]

Hi Ally

Is your ignition and iron tripping a fuse or mcb (individual circuit), or is it tripping the rcd (all or part of the electrics)?

You'll know if it's an rcd as it is wider than an mcb and has a test button on it, as well as an on/off switch.

If the appliance is tripping the rcd, then you probably have a fault with that appliance. However, I find it a little odd that you have two appliances causing the same reaction. When water-using appliances develop faults, then the electrics get damp and this causes the rcd to trip.

Try and ascertain what is tripping. If it is the mcb or fuse then it is likely to be a short in the appliance. If the rcd is tripping then the appliance could well be faulty.

 

[Ally]

it is tripping the rcd does that mean that both of my appliances are faulty? Could it be that there is an overload and what do i change?

 

[BR]

Ally, this is not an overload as it is tripping the rcd (wider unit with test button). The rcd is a safety device fitted to some of the house circuitry. Should an imbalance between the current flowing in on the live and out on the neutral occur, the rcd will trip. A large number of faults can cause this, two of the most common one's I've seen are:
1. an impeded short circuit to earth (damaged cable touching casing or water shorting connections)
2. neutral/earth short.

In either case it is normally the appliance itself that are at fault. Not the wiring. The cause can be got to the bottom of reasonably quickly using the correct equipment. As this fault is most likly within the cooker, it is an appliance repair man (or warranty cover) you require as opposed to an electrician.

As for the iron, i would say it is a completely separate fault as masona suggested.