Clipsal rcbo.

westward10 · Oct 10, 2016

Tested a Crabtree Polestar board today full of Sector rcbos, tested many of these boards and never seen this. The only Crabtree devices were two mcbs but the Sector devices are identical to Crabtree devices. Out of the nineteen four failed which is something you don't get with Crabtree rcbos. Anyone seen thwm before or are they imposters?

westward10 · Oct 10, 2016

Ignore Clipsal it is Sector, long day!

Deleted member 26818 · Oct 10, 2016

Clipsal is now owned by Schneider.
Don't know about Crabtree?

Too late to ignore.

westward10 · Oct 10, 2016

spinlondon said:
Clipsal is now owned by Schneider.
Don't know about Crabtree?

Too late to ignore.

No they are Sector ignore Clipsal that is an error.

Leesparkykent · Oct 10, 2016

sector is a WF/senates own brand.

westward10 · Oct 10, 2016

Leesparkykent said:
sector is a WF/senates own brand.

Yeah I got that but I have never seen Polestar replicas and I am questioning their validity. Can't find anything like them on Internet.

Richard Burns · Oct 10, 2016

The wholesaler own brands are usually rebadged versions of other makes, so in your case (even though I thought sector were BG at the moment, they are just changing) they may have been Crabtree at that point.
If the casing is a total match then I would expect they are Crabtree in disguise.
The failures are odd unless there were items still connected.

westward10 · Oct 10, 2016

Richard Burns said:
The wholesaler own brands are usually rebadged versions of other makes, so in your case (even though I thought sector were BG at the moment, they are just changing) they may have been Crabtree at that point.
If the casing is a total match then I would expect they are Crabtree in disguise.
The failures are odd unless there were items still connected.

The test buttons operated the devices but they failed at x1, all above 300 and above 40 x5 with two different rcd testers one a MFT and my old rcd tester. What concerns me is Polestar readings are very consistant, the Sector ones totally random. One which passed was actually 299/39.9. Another 18/18.

Richard Burns · Oct 10, 2016

18/18 sounds more like a modern RCBO.
Unless there was anything still connected or something leaking away current on the earth? I can only assume they have suffered physical damage internally.

westward10 · Oct 10, 2016

Is odd no faults on circuits, tried them with circuit connected and disconnected. Install only four years old. Will C2 failed ones with a recommendation all are replaced. Thanks for posts.