u/randomnature_

Hi all,

I’m going to preface by saying I’m panicking a bit and am a total amateur. This evening, I noticed the breaker for the 1st floor of our house’s lights had tripped. I tried to flick it back on, and there was a bright blue arc in the consumer unit and it flicked back off of course, and tripped the RCD. When leaving the 1st floor light circuit off, the RCD goes back on fine.

3 days ago, I drilled above a light switch in one room on the 1st floor, as that’s where the thermostat is located and I was removing the old thermostat and installing a new one. Firstly, I know this was stupid in hindsight and know I shouldn’t have - I’ll learn from this of course.

Is it the issue likely related to the drilling, given that the tripping has occurred 3 days later after using the lights on the first floor/in that room several times in the last few days? There were NO obvious signs when I did the drilling that I’d hit any wires - nothing tripped, no smell, noise, etc.

Please could anyone advise? I’ve kept the breaker for the 1st floor lights off of course & contacted an electrician - do I need to be imminently worried if the breaker remains off in the mean time before I can get an electrician to assess?

Thanks everyone - again, I know the drilling was stupid, this is our first home we only recently moved into.

Hey all!

I’m moving house soon and i’m planning on upgrading my TV set up. I can only afford to buy the Arc Ultra with either the era 300s or the sub. Which would be the best choice initially? Either way, I’d save up and get the other so would end up having the ultra, 2x 300’s and the Sub 4 - but which is more important if choosing between the Sub or the Era’s for home theatre?

Hi everyone!

Does anyone else with ADHD find that they struggle to focus even on things you should enjoy? For example, video games.. When I get into a video game I tend to love it and really enjoy it - they also help me unwind. However, I often find that despite wanting to play whatever game, I just go on my phone every 5 mins and pause the game, sit doing relatively little on my phone for ten minutes, usually indulging whatever I’m hyper fixating on at that stage, then go back to the game. This basically means that in a 2 hour gaming session I might only spend 40 minutes actually gaming. Does anyone else relate to this, and if so, does anyone have any tips? I’m starting to find it really frustrating and depressing..