earth leakage

  1. T

    high earth leakage current 100A +

    installation is a supermarket reading 125A on main earth within switchroom system protected with high leakage alarms any thoughts on possible reasons for such a high value of leakage however when checked at buildings utility hv supply main earth reads only (lol)40A ON MAIN EARTH CABLE but 2.5Aon...
  2. T

    Earth leakage clamp meter recommendations

    Hi guys (and gals?), My first post, so be gentle! Still new to this game and building up my tool collection - been quoted £192 for the sensitive current clamp attachment for my Metrel 17th edition multimeter. Got an earth leakage problem to look at so need the tool - any other/cheaper...
    • thejoysof7671
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    • aus clamp earth earth leakage earth leakage clamp meter electricians' talk lamp leakage lighting lights meter recommendations
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  3. L

    Earth Leakage Question

    Can somebody offer an opinion on this guys? TNCS, earth leakage clampmeter on the main earthing conductor from service head to the MET reads 67mA when the main DP switch is off, am i picking this current up from the combined Earth/Neutral in the head?, it cant be an installation leak as the...
    • LlandrilloSpark
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  4. telectrix

    Earth Leakage Query.

    might be having a blonde moment here, but.... if an installation has earth leakage, could this be measured with an earth leakage clamp meter on the main earthing conductor and/or the main bonding conductors as logically, if there is leakage , you would expect the current to travel to earth...
    • telectrix
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    • aus earth earth leakage electricians' talk leakage query
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  5. J

    Earth leakage trip minor works

    Hi Looking at a minor works job in a flat, board which isn't split has a BS4293 RCCB as a main switch fed from an Earth leakage trip. I know both are obsolete and the SSC for the RCCB is 1500A. Am I right saying I can't just remove the earth leakage trip and replace the RCCB with a BS61008 as...
    • Just
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    • aus earth earth leakage electrical work electricians' talk leakage minor remove replace switch trip works
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  6. E

    what causes earth leakage?

    testing a house today before I put RCD protection on it and i got 300mA earth leakage. appox 100mA from the sockets, 180mA on the downstairs lighting circuit, then 20 odd mA accross the rest of the circuits. I had a poke around the downstairs lighting circuit, couldn't see anything obvious, did...
    • ExArmy
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  7. RogertheBodger

    Advice on Earth Leakage Clamp Meters

    Hi Everybody, Been looking to get an earth leakage clamp meter for some time, and I have been reading up on them on the forum. After a thread last week Telectrix posted a link to an Ebay site for an Alphatec TEK 633. and I have since bought one, just got it and I must say It looks the...
    • RogertheBodger
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    • Forum: Australia
  8. telectrix

    Wanted- Earth leakage clamp meter.

    as title. anybody got one they don't need, available at a sensible price. don't have to be new, just working and accurate. thanks in advance, Tel.
    • telectrix
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    • clamp earth earth leakage earth leakage clamp meter electricians' talk lamp leakage lighting lights meter wanted
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  9. G

    earth leakage

    anyone know the earth leakage for pa equipment? had an rcbo tripping due to the equipment. faulty equip or earth leakage?
    • gamblor6
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  10. T

    How to test earth leakage

    I am not an electrician but would nevertheless understand what the normal procedure is to test earth leakage / isolate an earth leakage problem. One way is to switch all the switches off at the main DB board, switch them on one by one and see which one triggers the earth leakage circuit...
    • the pooks
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    • aus earth earth leakage electricians' talk how to leakage test
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  11. S

    Earth Leakage Issue?

    Changed a CU about a month ago to a dual RCD but it keeps having intermittent tripping on the 2nd RCD, before changing it i did a full test and all IR was very good @ >999Mohm range no faults found. I tested the leakage with my clamp meter and recorded a value of 34mA at the incoming tails...
    • Snapester
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    • aus earth earth leakage electricians' talk issue leakage
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    • Forum: Australia
  12. D

    insulation resistance test on equipment with high earth leakage

    Hi guys. This is to do with Periodic Inspections. When you are testing a circuit and forget to unplug a piece of equipment that has a high earth leakage could this be damaged doing the ins res test between live and earth. I do not know electronics but is there a connection to earth. The problem...
    • daisy
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    • aus earth earth leakage electricians' talk equipment insulation insulation resistance insulation resistance test leakage resistance test
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    • Forum: Australia
  13. stidge

    Earth leakage

    lads, some advice please just been to price job,couple of new ccts to loft conv. Had a look at CU and its an old MEM with type 2 breakers and an Earth Leakage RCD. Do i need to replace board with New RCDs or is it still ok to add to this,If yes can i still get type 2 MEM breakers ?????????
    • stidge
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    • aus earth earth leakage electricians' talk leakage
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    • Forum: Australia
  14. H

    Earth leakage measurement

    Would someone please remind me how I can do this again? I know if I clamp the neutral only it will give me a reading stating how out of balance the phases are but do I clamp neutral and earth together at the same time to obtain earth leakage current?
  15. B

    earth leakage of a computer

    Hi all does any ony know what earth leakage a computer gives. as i have a site which will have only a few computers all cable are flush and customer wants a few additional sockets. 543.7.1.3 is for circuit with 10mA of leakage, also if so can you clarify 543.7.1.3(i) a 10mm earth...
    • beaver74
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    • aus computer earth earth leakage electricians' talk leakage
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    • Forum: Australia
  16. i=p/u

    earth leakage

    can anyone give me insight to earth leakage, i know travels down earth path etc.. just a few cases of why iy happens , what type of equipment you know it happens on and how to test for earth leakage, isit a live test???? thanks...
  17. C

    earth leakage tumble dryer

    hi guys tumble dryer is tripping the rcd ,tested the rcd 0.5, x1 and x5 all worked out ok, even ran a extension lead from the house to the tumble dryer (normally fed by sub-main in outhouse) turned on and tripped the rcd in the house, 1) now i was wondering if there was a way to measure the...
  18. C

    Earth leakage n high integraty earthing

    Am I right on sayin earth leakage is when someone touches a live conductor or is this totally wrong, and high integ earthing that is wen u pull an extra earth in say on a comp ring but do u pull extra earth in so the csa is bigger then ya phase n neatural conductors
    • Cj24
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    • aus earth earth leakage earthing electricians' talk leakage
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  19. H

    Earth Leakage Device

    Hi Guys My first job on a TT system quick look and me thinks it has 100ma RCD but am told its an early eath leakage device ?? and needs to be removed ? any of your valuable thoughts would be gratefully recieved:D
  20. I

    Earth Leakage

    I'm not a sparky. I have two houses on my plot (not in England) and the small house takes a mains feed from the main house and has its own consumer unit. For some reason we get little shocks from things like computer cases from anything connected to the second consumer unit. We do not have the...
    • IPAlarms
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