Hi guys a friend of mines just changed some sockets in his kitchen for some nice chrome ones and asked me if I'd lend him a socket tester it's the socket and see one with earth loop and rcd test has anyone used one on a tt system the reason is it says check earth now it has 3 readings on the...
Hi all,
Just had quite a fright & must say I'm pretty annoyed with myself.
I've just tested the ends of a wire to check if it was live (using a fluke voltmeter) and had a massive flash and bang at the points of the probes). I'm annoyed because I should have isolated the circuit and...
Does anyone know if cold weather can affect RCD's, I have just been testing the 63A 30mA RCD in the garage, this previously tested absolutely fine when doing the test at 30mA, but now it fails to trip in under 400ms, however when doing the 5x test it is fine :confused:, the test button works...
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