As above, on a boil wash the machine is tripping the RCD in the main CU which shuts down the whole house. It's been fine for boil washes before, and there's nothing else drawing current from the same circuit, so......
I'm assuming it's caused by the machine heating the water (it's only cold feed), my question is, is this problem most likely caused by the heating element and is it a DIY job to replace, or should I call an engineer? I don't want to fiddle with it if the problem is likely to be a safety issue. And of course, it's out of warranty... Why do these things always happen at weekends?
It's full at the moment, and there's no way of cancelling the wash unless you power it on and hold the "cancel" button for a few seconds, so we're a bit stuck.