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  1. S

    Lighting Fault, Earth to Neutral Tripping RCD

    Hi, I was called to a customers house as their RCD keeps tripping. I isolated the faulty circuit and began testing. The fault unfortunately is on the feed from the CU to the 1st floor lighting circuit, and between the neutral and CPC. I know from installing CUs, that if a lighting circuit...
  2. J

    dryer tripping rcd

    Hello all I have recently started working for myself and allwas ok until one of my customers called Basically I upgraded an old Consumer unit to a 16 duel RCDwith a Vphase system integrated on it.All tests where done before leaving and signing off Now the tumble dryer is tripping the rcd the...
  3. S

    Storage Heaters Tripping RCD

    Hi all, I have a customer who when they get up in the morning the RCD has tripped on the storage heaters CU. The storage heaters have stored some heat so the RCD has tripped during the charge. They reset the RCD (Approx 6.30am) no problem and the heaters all continue until 7.00 am when eco7...
  4. K

    zs test on lights tripping rcd help

    morning all i have a problem with the lights in a house firstly they wouldnt seperate as theres a borrowed neutral on upstairs circuit so had to put them into same mcb now when doing my zs test it keeps tripping the rcd any help please
  5. SolarCity

    Kostal Piko inverter - tripping RCD

    Hopefully I can get some information on a problem I am having at one of our installations. We are getting nuisance tripping on our PV system: 3.75kWp system with a Kostal Piko 3.6 inverter. TT system, connected via it's own 100mA RCD. Every now and then, it will take the RCD out. My tests...
  6. K

    SMA 400TL tripping RCD

    Just switched on and inverter goes through the motions. Just at the generating stage and it trips out the RCD. Replaced RCD, checked ALL connections 10 times each, run as 2 strings as many times before, all connections are correct. Any ideas? I don't really want to take this out now and send...
  7. L

    Tripping RCD

    One of the RCDs keeps tripping in one of the propertys we are working on. The RCD supports the ring in the kitchen, lights and doorbell from what I can remember. when we put the ring on the other rcd in the consumer unit it didnt trip, but we need to investigate this tommorow. Any ideas whats...
  8. A

    Nuisance tripping RCD

    Having installed a new cu in a customers house I found the fan assisted oven (cooker only as the hob is gas powered and the cooker was fed through the ring main) was tripping the RCD constantly. There were no faults that I could find so I laid a dedicated radial to the cooker. This has very...
  9. S

    Help ! Lights tripping RCD after consumer unit change.

    Have done a consumer unit change and after finding and resolving all other faults I am now pulling my hair over this one. Landing Lights when switched on trip the RCD. Originally placed light circuits on different RCD's and tripped, put all light circuits on same RCD and still tripped, have...
  10. S

    why is new meter tripping rcd

    any one tell me why a new meter would trip rcd repeatedly .
  11. S

    Outdoor socket/Outdoor spots tripping RCD help

    A friend of mine has an outdoor IP socket that is wired from the garage from a double switch with SWA cable ( red/blue/yellow) that goes to a metal conduit junction box with relevant glands fitted in the garden. A cable then goes out of the 2 way box to 7 outdoor lights. One switch in the garage...
  12. VoltzElectrical

    Iron tripping RCD

    Ok, so I come back from walking the dogs this morning and she's reset the rcd 4 times cos it goes every time she plugs the iron in. I get the megger out and get nothing L-N, nothing N-E and only 0.01 M ohms L-E. Something like that anyway. Did I do the right thing? I tested across the pins of...
  13. Z

    Help - electirc shower tripping RCD after 10 minutes in Scotland.

    Hello. Can I ask for some expert advice please. I replaced an old 7.5kw shower in my upstairs bathroom with a new Creda 9.5kw last year. I understood that this was acceptable under Scottish regs. After a few months of good operation the pullcord switch fused, and I replaced it. After this...
  14. G

    Zs tripping RCD on no-trip setting

    Practicing with my tester so I wanted to measure Zs on my cooker (At least I now have clean floor behind the cooker ;)). The cooker is on its own M6 Type 1 - 32 A MCB. It is protected by an 80 A / 30 mA RCD. I have tested the RCD and it is functioning correctly (x0.5=NO TRIP / x1=27ms /...
  15. P

    Pond pump still tripping rcd

    Pond pump is still tripping RCD which means I loose all power to socket outlets upstairs downstairs and kitchen (with freezer in it).Why doesnt mcb trip instead and what could be causing RCD to trip.Any advice would really be appreciated.
  16. B

    Shower Tripping RCD on opposite bank

    Hey Guys Having a problem with a shower tripping out the RCD feeding the opposite bank of MCBs. The installation is TT with dual RCD board feeding 2 banks of MCBs. When the shower is switched on, the RCD on the opposite bank of MCBs trips. Having looked into the problem a little, it seems that...
  17. S

    Di log 9083p tripping RCD on RCBO's on Zs

    As title really. Real pain in the ---. I had it calibrated Nov 2010 and have only used it a few times since. Have read up online and it seems they are known for doing it. Anyone else out there have this problem? Anyone know what causes it? Dilog want me to send it to them and then charge me for...
  18. N

    Yet another tripping RCD fault

    Ive had a week of faults i can tell you last week major ring fault ,also this one tripping RCD in a pub 10.30 on the on a friday no other time !!! yes i here you say a time clock switching on ,answer to the no time clock on any of the circuits . loose all the tills every time it trips , it had...
  19. N

    Outdoor lighting has just started tripping RCD and/or MCB

    Hi All, 1st post but, could really do with some help! Recently installed a combination of 240v & transformer fed 12v outdoor lighting. The system is linked to a photcell to detect darkness which is timer controlled to knock off at 10pm to save electricity. Also, wired in to the lighting...
  20. cashnotakite

    tripping RCD and bonding question

    wondered if anyone can help me out with this; I've recently changed a very old consumer unit over to a new split load 17th edition version. The premises is a small bungalow with just one lighting circuit. When i re-energised the board this particular lighting circuit kept tripping out the rcd...

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