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  • 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.

  • Drop my bro a line, he is now permanently in London and would be happy to chat.

  • 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.

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