I live in rural Italy. You get to chose your max KW here and pay accordingly. Most home have 1.5-3.0 kw, I pay extra for 5kw. I am at the end of the low voltage lines, one of only a few on this circuit. I constantly have voltage problems, according to my fluke multimeter it can go from 190v to...
I've just change a CU and installed RCBO's. There is a 32a SP RCBO suppling a ring final circuit. There is a 6a SP RCBO radial lighting circuit. When the 6a radial circuit is energised the 32a RCBO trips. With the 6a dead the 32a stays in.
I expected to find a shared neutral but there is no...
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I have a lighting circuit which trips the RCD, I’ve got pared back so that if I take one brand new light fitting and wire it directly into the consumer unit with a brand new cable - and still the RCD trips. If I remove that wire from the consumer unit and put a 3 pin plug on it, and plug...
Hi everyone,
My first post but straight in with a couple of issues.
I'll start with a 6amp MCB that keeps tripping out relating to ground floor lights.
For your info:
There is 10 x 3w led recessed lights in Kitchen, 8 x 3w led recessed lights ,plus a main central Led light (approx 100watt...
I have an odd situation in that I get random earth leakage trips which happen occasionally when I turn off an outside light. I have a standard split board, half earth leakage protected, half not. Trips happen maybe once every 50 times that outside light is switched off, never when it is...
Evening all
Let’s see if anyone can solve this one.
Recently wired a new extension. Today connected up ring circuit to 32amp mcb, all relevant dead testing done ir +999mohms and ring continuity.28 .28 .48. So all good turn mcb on and pop it trips off. Rechecked testing removed sockets just to...
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Thank you all in advance for your help and advice.
I was hoping to get some help and advice on a cooker issue I'm experiencing.
My cooker is "brand new" and I recently had it installed by my father inlaw (competent tradesman although not an electrician)
The cooker is brand new but...
I have two line wires coming out of the top of the 'Sockets' B32 MCB. One of those line wires connects to 3 sockets in the bedroom and the other wire connects to 5 sockets in the living room.
Each socket takes two line wires, one to power the socket and the other to pass the current onto the...
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I've seen a thread on here (which is what brought me to this forum) where someone had an issue much like my daughter has. The shower works fine for a few minutes, but if she's washing her hair and takes a little longer than usual, the shower trips the MCB.
Is there an electrician on here...
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OK..did a cu change yesterday .. old wylex with an external rcd for a new amd3 dual rcd cu.
This morning the customer rings to say the shower has tripped the rcd.
Turn up on site..and the rcd that has tripped is not the one that the shower circuit is on.!
So i check for crossed over...
I have gates with liftmaster sub 300m underground motors. 9 years old and worked like a dream. Now used internal open switch last friday and after 3 hours when I switched to close it TRIPS the RCD. Did some trouble shooting and tracked it to motor 1. Hooked up this motor to power supply, its...
Hi all , i am new to these forums so please bear with me. I am needing some advice on what to replace for this fault.
I have a relatively new garage consumer unit made by MK . 5 way unit.
It has five seperate mcbs and one rcd.
I have six flourecent lights. Each on a separate switch.
But two of...
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I was after a little help as our Zanussi built in oven keeps tripping the fuse for the house. It basically knocks out all the downstairs plugs. I cleaned it the other day and it did the same but I turned it on a low heat and left it and then it seemed to fix it.
Today I cooked bacon...
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Bit of a strange one this, our oven of 8 years is causing the power to shut off when ever you open the grill door. Everything is fine with the Oven and the hobs.
If the oven is still switched on at the wall (Red Switch) and the grill is turned off on the oven, it still trips the electric...
110v from switch to switch (see attached picture), tn-cs system with 30mA RCD in Place, trips fine when tested at 100% and 500% customer complained of getting shocked when touching both switches at once but doesn’t trip with this fault, have a few theories, but any suggestions?
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I'm having a bit of a difficulty re two sets of lights on the downstairs that keep tripping the fuse box when I go to turn them on.
The story.... I was asked to take down 4 lights for a house move and replace them with basic ceiling roses, simple enough, yeah!!?
Lights all down and...
hyrdoboil trips mcb? Element is 2.4kw ohms test was 23 Ohms and IR was 300 odd. Had disconnected element from thermostat and power did not trip but element seemed perfect
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I'm currently trying to add some lights into my garage. I brought a pair of LED fluorescent style lights but am having trouble with them.
I've managed to get them to light up but every single time I switch the light switch it either blows a fuse or trips the breaker on the board.
I...
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I am trying to diagnose the following problem.
After coming back from holiday, we noticed that our RCD keeps tripping a few minutes after our kitchen lights have been turned on. If the kitchen lights are kept switched off, then everything is ok.
The lights were GU10 spotlights...
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