I have a mid-terrace occupied by a Tenant, mid way in to a 3yr lease. There is a small utility lean-to on the rear which has power sockets fitted but these are on a fused spur from the main house.
The ECIR and Electrics were all made compliant and new Consumer Unit fitted on signing the tenancy
The issue is the tenant keeps tripping the CU and frying the fuses on the wall switched spur. They are keeping a washer, dryer and small freezer in the room. The odd thing however is, it not all the time - ie when I tested these appliances turning them all on full whack and seeing what happens - it does not trip the Consumer Unit
What are my option here ? I cannot afford to re-do all the electrics to this room due to one tenants lifestyle and we never had a single trip from living there 10yrs prior (although that was on the old CU)
It doesn’t sound tenant is doing anything unreasonable.
A fused spur would typically allow 13 amps which is what most dryers use so anything else being used at same time is likely to cause issues. Clearly freezers are on all the time so if this could be relocated to a different room on main circuit then it is reasonable to ask tenant to not use dryer and washing machine at same time which should solve issue.
The utility room sounds like the right place for these items and I doubt the problem will be limited to the current tenant, so I suggest that you do spend the money to uprate the supply to this room.
@Lizardman freezers turn on intermittently depending on temperature etc. have these appliances been pat tested /are any of them getting old? You could ask tenant to try not using dryer at same time as washer and explain you’d rather not incur costs of unnecessary repairs or upgrades as that would have to be passed on through higher rent.