Does anyone have the same issue as me at the same time every morning if the washing machine is on or plugged in at 8am the electricity trips out. Have had an electrian in to check everything and he cannot find the fault he said it could be the washer? Have got a new washer still doing it. Plugged the washer in on different plug sockets and it is still happening. Could it be something to do with the solar panels, inverter etc?
carole
You need to tell us what kit you have and what trips out.
Is the washing machine in the kitchen and fed from a kitchen ring power circuit.
When things trip, is power lost to other things.
Is the trip device and MCB (overload) or an RCD (earth leak)
Anything with water in it can get susceptible to RCD trips (kettle, iron, water heater)
Is it just because the washing machine is plugged in, or running?
One of the things you could try is to shut down the panels and the inverter for a day and see if the same things happen. If not then we might be able to help if given more information. If it does still trip out it answers your question and the electrician needs to put on some monitoring at the time the fault occurs. They can look for fault currents and earth leakage.
What happens at 8am. Do you use time switches around the house or does the car start to charge (or stop). Do heat pumps come on or go off? How about the heating/hot water? Any of these coupled with the extra load of the washing machine could be a problem.
Slim possibility of some fault with earthing on the pipework resulting in a leakage current back through the washer plug and tripping the RCD but I would be very surprised if that was the problem as the washer is usually electrically isolated from the plumbing.
Bizarre coincidence? Mid morning today (wind & rain) 2 week old washing machine running my RCB 100A main fuse tripped, (none on the fuse board) re-set it and it tripped again 15 minute later. Nothing since.
I will be getting a sparks next week to investigate.
Watcher
Is that an MCB (overload) or RCD (earth fault) trip.
Not quite sure what characteristics your RCB(?) has
It’s the 100a trip on a Memera 2000 RCCB, if that makes sense…earth??
Watcher
I think that would indicate an earth fault issue, which could be caused by anything fed from it.
Others on here have reported that earth leakage is cumulative and that there can be issues with PV panels and rain/damp.
See post #2
https://community.givenergy.cloud/d/3478-type-a-and-type-ac-rccbrcd-experience
SteveCook
Thanks for the reply Steve.
No signs of moisture around the new washer, and it has been on frequently with no problems.
It was p-ing down so quite possibly a panel issue, therefore probably better to start with my solar installer!