Faulty socket.....part qualified

[Dobby]

Hello all,

Can anybody help.....

Couple of weeks ago I changed a few fittings for a mate. One ofwhich was a blown socket, the facia had burn marks on the outlet. I just replaced it with a new double socket and everything seemed fine. Today my mate rang and told me that when plugging in an extention lead today it blew again.

Its a garage circuit with 2 double sockets inside, the end socket is the problem socket. It has a fridge freezer plugged into it constantly. When I changed it over I put the fridge back onto the socket and checked the other outlet with a radio.....everything worked fine and it didnt blow....

My presumtion is it may be an overload,depending what he has been plugging in to the socket but I am not sure! It could also be that the fridge freezer is faulty....or a short circuit. Thing is I haven't the relevant testing equipment to diagnose the fault....If its an overload o.k, I can maybe change the circuit breaker so it meets the demand....

Has anybody got any ideas?

I'm part qualified got my part 1 & 2 and 17th but haven't had much fault finding exp...

Any help would be muchly appreciated...thanks

[TESTIT TESTIT 123]

Well the obvious answer is you need to test the circuit to make sure all is well with the cables,cant you borrow a meter from someone

[Dobby]

Don't know anyone who will lend me one....I've got a really cheap multimeter but it hasn't got an I/R output....I can check continuity but thats about it....

From what I described....what do you think is the likely fault?