From: bendavey@beaconhillschool.co.uk (Ben)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Electrical wiring
Date: 8 Sep 2003 12:41:11 -0700

Hi, i need a very temporary power outlet in a cupboard in my home.
There's an unused outlet that was originally intented for an imersion
heater that i decided i could wire into.  So i basically used some
decent 3 way cable and put a twin socket box on the end after wiring
into this imersion heater outlet.

The imersion wiring is wired into the fuse box seperatly with an 16A
fuse.

The first time i switched it all on everything was fine.  But now it
trips the whole fuse box, the circuit breaker thingy.  Then when i
switch the fuse box back on everything is fine and power is ok through
the twin socket.

So, at first it trips but then once the circuit breaker is reset
everything is fine until its switched off again.

This happens whether there is anything plugged into the socket or not.

Thanks for any help.