Electric trips

[jandv]

I have a Bailey 740 2015 every time I plug it into the mains it trips but only on fridge and sockets not on the other two fuses I have taken all the plugs out and they are fine even trips when the fridge is unplugged any suggestions many thanks

 

[autorouter]

The item that's tripped is an MCB (Miniature Circuit Breaker), which trips when the amps exceeds its limit. It says 'C16' on it, so the limit is 16A. There must be a short circuit between live and neutral. I can see that the device on the right, an RCD (Residual Current Device) has not tripped. If there was a short to earth or the fridge metalwork, that RCD would have tripped.

Could be many things - a wire out of its terminal and shorting to another wire, insulation rubbed away and two wires shorting, mice chewing the wiring. A prime suspect for this kind of thing is the fridge 240V heater element, which can fail as a short circuit. But if the MCB still trips with the fridge unplugged then it's not that.

 

[jandv]

All sorted non it was a wire that had been disconnected and was shorting out so thank you