Anyone know anything about electricity? I nicked a cable in a wall about a year ago, it wasn't that stressful but just caused the rcd to trip every so often. I was drilling to mount a towel rail, so I just mounted it anyway, ignoring the hole that I'd drilled; Barney (brother of @mashton) reckoned this would be fine.
I've removed the rail, thus exposing the hole again and the rcd has begun tripping again (like a couple of times a day). I'm 99% sure that it must be that hole that's the cause, as nothing else in the house has changed. Anyone know what I can do short of pulling bits of wall / tiles out to fix it? I was wondering if filling the hole with something (for example a bit of wood dowel, or some filler) might work / be safe.
Sounds like you have leakage / have caused a slight short circuit. This is not good. It could deteriorate and start to heat and potentially scorch. Best thing would have been to repair the cable at the time.
Anyone know anything about electricity? I nicked a cable in a wall about a year ago, it wasn't that stressful but just caused the rcd to trip every so often. I was drilling to mount a towel rail, so I just mounted it anyway, ignoring the hole that I'd drilled; Barney (brother of @mashton) reckoned this would be fine.
I've removed the rail, thus exposing the hole again and the rcd has begun tripping again (like a couple of times a day). I'm 99% sure that it must be that hole that's the cause, as nothing else in the house has changed. Anyone know what I can do short of pulling bits of wall / tiles out to fix it? I was wondering if filling the hole with something (for example a bit of wood dowel, or some filler) might work / be safe.