RCD tripping on lighting circuit when lamps (bulbs) are put into light fittings

heartofgold · Oct 22, 2013

Hi,
Lighting circuit trips the RCD.
took out all the lamps and it holds. Put any lamp back into any light on the circuit and it trips. All but one of the light fittings on the circuit are Class 1.

Any advice gratefully received

hog

telectrix · Oct 22, 2013

if i can recall, at the time, a coal face worker earned 4 times as much as a qualified spark. seems not much has changed. but now it's plumbers.

Silly Sausage · Oct 22, 2013

Hahaha...I remember them saying on telly, we can't have us huge beef joints anymore, have to make do on mince.
Mince, mince, bloody luxury!

Geordie Spark · Oct 22, 2013

telectrix said:
if i can recall, at the time, a coal face worker earned 4 times as much as a qualified spark. seems not much has changed. but now it's plumbers.

That's true Tel, but would you have swapped places with the miner?

Geordie Spark · Oct 22, 2013

Archy Styrigg said:
Hahaha...I remember them saying on telly, we can't have us huge beef joints anymore, have to make do on mince.
Mince, mince, bloody luxury!

Stop it with the mince ....... you're reminding me of my son. :32:

longboat · Oct 22, 2013

Archy Styrigg said:
That'll have been 77, when God Save the Queen came out, happy days!

Ahh, good old seventy seven.
I still say that was the year that made me.
After what seemed like forever my family were'nt surprised when i came out.

Silly Sausage · Oct 22, 2013

Geordie Spark said:
Stop it with the mince ....... you're reminding me of my son. :32:

Sorry G!
Got to say, I don't think I've seen someone publicly spill such venom for one of their offspring in public!
Got any pictures?

longboat · Oct 22, 2013

Archy Styrigg said:
Sorry G!
Got to say, I don't think I've seen someone publicly spill such venom for one of their offspring in public!
Got any pictures?

I prefer, nay insist, on "publicly" spilling such venom in private..

Geordie Spark · Oct 22, 2013

Archy Styrigg said:
Sorry G!
Got to say, I don't think I've seen someone publicly spill such venom for one of their offspring in public!
Got any pictures?

Yes, but they're pinned to the dartboard.

telectrix · Oct 22, 2013

if you want venom, i'll introduce you to my ex. (nee medusa)

Geordie Spark · Oct 22, 2013

telectrix said:
if i can recall, at the time, a coal face worker earned 4 times as much as a qualified spark. seems not much has changed. but now it's plumbers.

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]So Sherlock Holmes and his mate Dr. Watson are enjoying a holiday somewhere in the West Country and after an enjoyable but strenuous days exploring the glorious country side are getting ready to turn into their beds at an extremely luxurious hotel where they were sharing a room.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]In those days, en-suite bathrooms were unheard of, and each landing of the hotel had a bathroom at each end of it. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Holmes went to the bathroom first and after returning to the room it was Watson's turn.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Soon after, Watson returned to the room in a state of great excitement exclaiming “I say Holmes .. I've just seen the most amazing thing.As I was approaching the bathroom something came out and I haven't a clue what it was!”[/FONT]

“Well” .. says Holmes .. “ Suppose you tell me what you saw”.

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Watson says: “It was a small black creature, about five foot two inches and it was walking upright on its hind legs, but the thing I noticed which I thought most strange was it had an erection which was completely white. All the rest of it was as black as pitch except for this white erection”[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Holmes thought for a bit then said: “It's elementary my dear Watson …what you have seen is a Welsh coal miner on honeymoon!”[/FONT]

tidyboiler · Oct 22, 2013

Geordie Spark said:
Stop it with the mince ....... you're reminding me of my son. :32:

Which one? :lipsrsealed2:

GLENNSPARK · Oct 22, 2013

telectrix said:
OUCH., it's a harley.

it could be worse:

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Guest111 · Oct 23, 2013

Des 56 said:
I can't handle anyone looking over my shoulder either
I also stop,but I don't gaze around,I put the tools down,turn to face them.fold my arms and look them in the eye and wait for battle of the eye contact to conclude
No words,no moaning

I had a few jobs for our asian friends and they always watched you,then they'd be doing it themselves a week later,so what I used to do was put a few wires in the wrong terminals,enough to produce a decent bang,then when they disappeared connect them up correctly.I'd love to have been there when they wired something the way they'd seen me do it,then see the look on their face when they switched on and got a loud bang.

Jurassic Spark · Oct 23, 2013

phil d said:
I had a few jobs for our asian friends and they always watched you,then they'd be doing it themselves a week later,so what I used to do was put a few wires in the wrong terminals,enough to produce a decent bang,then when they disappeared connect them up correctly.I'd love to have been there when they wired something the way they'd seen me do it,then see the look on their face when they switched on and got a loud bang.

That's just evil. Wish I'd have thought of it.