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Can Thermal Cut Out on old water cyclinder cause RCD trip?

Hi Guys, I'm after some advice please! My friend got back from holiday yesterday and when he switched his hot water/heating on (honeywell-slide controls - off,cont,once,twice) the whole house tripped (all protected by RCCB as main switch). I found the terminal strip where the thermostat, pump...
- LlandrilloSpark
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- Aug 9, 2010
- aus cause controls electricians' talk old out rcd something switch thermal trip water
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Australia
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Could an electrical problem cause an intermittent fault with our TV?

Hi all, I’m not an electrician by the way, I am just an average Joe looking for some advise. About a month ago we bought a cheep LCD TV for the kitchen. After a month, the TV would intermittently display a white picture, you could hear audio but could not see a picture. I tried a different...
- Debian
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- Jul 1, 2010
- aus cause electric electrical electricians' talk fault intermittent problem
- Replies: 28
- Forum: Australia
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RCD Query

Hi, Am in Spain and we had alot of rain last night. All electrics were tripped out and wouldn´t reset. I isolated the ring causing the trouble, unplugged everything and reset ok. I then started plugging things back in. Eventually the system tripped when I plugged in one of my anti surge mains...
- Dishman
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- Feb 21, 2010
- aus cause causing earth electricians' talk other query rcd
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Australia
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No reverse on drill, can this cause problems?

I have been given a brand new Bosch GBH 4 DFE drill and noticed that it doesn't have a reverse gear. Does anyone else use this drill or one similar. A friend of mine was saying it could cause problems as if the bit got stuck in whatever I was drilling (wood, masonary etc) there would be no way...
- eskimo39
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- Feb 10, 2010
- cause drill drilling electricians' talk given problems reverse stuck
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Electrical Tools and Products
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baseboard heaters

I have 2 baseboard heaters connected to one thermostat and they make a rattling sound. any idea what would cause this?
- keith6292
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- Dec 3, 2009
- aus baseboard cause electricians' talk heaters images
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Australia
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dangers on type c for domestic help

im doing inspection on flats and ive came across all 61900 type c rcbo ive recommended changing to type b due to type c for inductive loads . could cause overload what is the general opinon on type c on domestic?
- scott g
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- Mar 28, 2009
- cause domestic electricians' talk help overload rcbo's really type type c
- Replies: 24
- Forum: Domestic Electrician Forum
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common cause of voltage at neutral

Whats the most common cause of getting a voltage at the neutral its on a boiler thats been isolated and theres 192volts neutral earth? any ideas
- adamh
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- Mar 26, 2009
- actually aus boiler cause check common earth electricians' talk neutral voltage volts
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Australia
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rcd

can anyone explain how an upstream supply fault can make an rcd trip?....shakey maybe:confused:
- jimes
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- Aug 17, 2008
- arial aus cause electricians' talk fault installation rcd upstream
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Australia

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