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What's the possible fault?

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Hi everyone, I have a slight problem that hopefully someone can shed some light on. So my electric cooker fuse kept on tripping whenever I tried to turn it on using the selector switch, 

I noticed the bulb in the oven had blown, so I took it out and it started working for a few days before it started doing it again,

 I then replaced the bulb, and the oven started working again for a few days before it started tripping again. 

Ive noticed that my dishwasher doesn't switch on, and the cooker hood doesn't switch on either.

Is it possible for all 3 appliances to be connected to the same circuit as to why they aren't working, or could there be an electrical fault within the circuit.

Or could it just be the oven causing the problem. 

Any help will be much appreciated.

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    We probably need a bit more information to assist further.

    When you say the ‘cooker fuse trips’ do you mean the MCB in your consumer unit (fusebox) labelled ‘cooker’ trips off?  What is the rating on the MCB - it should have a number on it like ‘B16’ or 'B32' - a photo of the consumer unit may help a bit.

    If you leave the cooker switched off on the selector, will the ‘cooker’ MCB in the fusebox then stay on, and do the cooker hood and dishwasher then work OK?

    If you then flick the 'cooker' MCB off, do the dishwasher and cooker hood go off?

    Is there a local wall switch for the cooker as well?  Does switching this on and off affect whether the cooker hood and dishwasher work?

    A cooker circuit normally only feeds the cooker, but it's not unheard of for kitchen fitters or even ‘electricians’ to do strange things with circuits!

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    We probably need a bit more information to assist further.

    When you say the ‘cooker fuse trips’ do you mean the MCB in your consumer unit (fusebox) labelled ‘cooker’ trips off?  What is the rating on the MCB - it should have a number on it like ‘B16’ or 'B32' - a photo of the consumer unit may help a bit.

    If you leave the cooker switched off on the selector, will the ‘cooker’ MCB in the fusebox then stay on, and do the cooker hood and dishwasher then work OK?

    If you then flick the 'cooker' MCB off, do the dishwasher and cooker hood go off?

    Is there a local wall switch for the cooker as well?  Does switching this on and off affect whether the cooker hood and dishwasher work?

    A cooker circuit normally only feeds the cooker, but it's not unheard of for kitchen fitters or even ‘electricians’ to do strange things with circuits!

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