Intermittent electric problems

I hate 'em. Just hate 'em.

Especially on, and let me be very specific, Miele freezers after you've
defrosted them, when the damn thing trips the circuit breaker at
intervals ranging between ten seconds and five hours.

(ice had formed in the control panel circuitry, and has dripping into
the wiring).

Bah.

 

Well, then get the hair dryer out and carefully dry out the circuit on
its lowest setting (with the fridge disconnected, obviously).

 

In a previous house I had something that would trip the whole house out
about once every three months. I never did find out what it was. In the
end I just removed the rcd. You might want to think about putting the
fridge(s) and freezer(s) on a non-rcd protected circuit.

 

Mate had a problem with fuses blowing on his GT860 Ducati, so he followed
the same logic you suggest and replaced the fuse with a section of 6" nail.

Two days later he pulled over just in time before the smoke turned into an
inferno and the bike was a molten heap before the fire engine arrived....

 

We did that, after removing un unfeasible amount of ice from within the
control box area. Finished it off with WD40. All OK now....

 

You should have used conformal coating e.g.

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProd
uct&R=0569290

a bit late now

 

Heh. Not quite the same logic thobbut - I didn't remove/bypass any fuses.