HELP , boiler trips house electricity when turned on

[Bunker]

Not if he is willing to drive a tradesmans rate down to 6€/hr (just over a fiver).

Not wanting to play devils advocate too much, but he is in Spain and maybe €6 an hour is ok there?

 

[tamz]

6€/hr is slave labour anywhere in the western world.
People have to live and deserve to be paid a decent rate. I'd bet the OP wouldn't get up for a **** in the night for 6€
Things are going the same way here as you'll find out soon when your BP projections don't add up.

 

[on31ll]

Its a complete and utter joke ! I wouldnt want to pay sombody that ! Its not fair in places like that the poorer get poorer and the rich get richer !

 

[Dotty]

Closing this thread before anyone gets into bother.

 

[Lou]

I am updating threads. If this is not current then please visit the Oil & Solid Fuel Forum and post a new thread.

 

[simon70]

I currently have a similar emergency and since I know nothing, would be grateful for a steer. My mains supply was tripping and wouldn't stay on until I had disconnected the circuit containing my Camray 5 oil boiler.

The engineer from Southern Electricity has just been and confirmed a live-to-earthor live-to-neutral fault on the boiler, suggesting it might be caused by water ingress into the valve, pump, programmer or wiring. His resistance meter gave a 0.1 reading on the junction box in my outside boiler room, which he said should be at least 0.5 (megohms). He was not able to investigate further and suggested I call out a boiler engineer.

My boiler is serviced regularly by Emo Team Energy and on their most recent annual service visit a couple of months ago, they diagnosed a faulty oil pump which they duly replaced. Is it possible that this work - or the regular service - could have left me with a fault which could cause my power trips? I have had a couple of RCD trips since then but was able to re-set the RCD and carry on…until this week when the RCD refused to re-set until I had isolated the boiler.

The SEC engineer said that the problem could be caused by a drop or two of water gradually building up - and occasionally rectifying itself if the water dries out. If so, and I can trace it to the work done by Emo Team Energy, then they will obviously have to fix the problem FOC. But since I need to call them out to investigate, I can't be sure that their engineer will tell me the whole truth and nothing but.

Should I call in an independent engineer instead? That would possibly start a lengthy process of trying to recover his costs from Emo Team Energy, which wouldn't be ideal either.

And anyway, where do I find this superhero who not only fixes boilers but also diagnoses electrical and plumbing faults? I could be going round in circles forever - and I'm an OAP with no central heating or hot water.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[rpm]

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I would call them back first as doubt Emo would refund you third party costs.

 

[simon70]

I did call them - at 9am and again at 11am - but they weren't able to book an engineer out to me as they say they are snowed under with emergency work. I don't know how long it might take to get them here and, obviously, my emergency takes precedence over theirs. Hence I'm thinking I should try to find someone else who can get to me before I freeze.

 

[rpm]

Try Drayton Boilers & heating at Amen corner or CHAPS in Henley then (amongst others of course)

 

[simon70]

Thanks. CHAPS aren't answering but I'll keep trying. Drayton Boilers seem to be gas specialists - they don't mention oil on their website.