trips

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    DB2 (TT) trips DB1 TN-C-S

    Evening all Been on here for some time now but never posted as always found the answers to my questions in older posts. Just completing a domestic rewire with shed/office on DB2. Installed new DB1 (split load 2 x 30mA RCDs) on new DNO TN-C-S supply. Great readings, no probs. Run 10mm SWA to...
  2. E

    Strange RCD Problem

    Afternoon all. I've got a problem with an RCD tripping that I can't get my head round. Upstairs lights are tripping the RCD. I switch off the MCB, but still tripping. So you'd think it was an earth/neutral fault. Nope. I remove the earth and the neutral from the board, and it trips on Live...
    • EWebster
    • Thread
    • circuit earth neutral problem rcd strange trips
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. D

    Pull switch trips Rcd

    Evening gents just wondered if any of you have come across such a thing when switch is pulled straight down its fine but when pulled at an angle trips power just wondered what your thoughts are
  4. L

    Britannia S1-E10T Main Oven Tripping RCD

    A customer has a Britannia range cooker which trips the RCD everytime the main oven is switched on. At first the problem was intermittent and progressively worsened until now it happens every time the oven is switched on. The RCD trips even with the oven temperature setting on minimum before the...
    • LeighSawczyn
    • Thread
    • cooker element main oven rcd switched tripping tripping rcd trips
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. C

    Immersion tripping RCD

    HIi guys, Had a call out to a property today and looking for a bit of advice. As stated the RCD trips whenever the immersion heater kicks in. I have disconnected the incoming cables and Insulation Resistance tested them and they come out >200MOhms which is all good. The element is a Theeta...
  6. C

    zs test keeps tripping rcd

    fitted a new c/u and put a new ring main in kitchen last week ready for my assessment in the morning, everything tested ok and zs tested ok then, sent meter in for calibration check last thursday and picked it up today (megger 1552) certificate says everything passed no adjustment needed, so i...
  7. C

    Lighting in my shed trips the sockets.

    I have recently had electricity installed in my shed with a small garage consumer unit (32a & 6a). The sockets are fine and the electrician informed me if I wanted lighting, I was to install it to the 6a breaker which I have done. I have connected everything up but when I turn the breaker on...
    • cheesybeanz
    • Thread
    • attach electrician house lighting shed socket sockets trips
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    RCD trips when big things are plugged in.

    Hello Everyone I was just enjoying a beer and watching and episode of Sharpe, right before a major battle when everything cut out! The RCD switch on the circuit board tripped. With everything switched off it allows me to turn it back on. Small items such as the WiFi and telephone won't trip it...
    • CaptainMoore
    • Thread
    • appliance everything faulty plugged rcd switched things trips when
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  9. K

    mcb trips..

    i have install 18 way CU but im so surprised why one MCB trips every time when i switch on main switch..just one of them..he does have any problem on cable installation and not trip after i switch on again..if i switch of main switch and i switch on again that MCB trips..its brand new...
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    What's the fault rcd trips

    Advice needed msny thanks in advance I'm absolute shattered and dont have the years of experience as you fine people do. just had a call out (12:00) to rcd keeps tripping. So I go round and recently power was added to an outside shed in solid circular conduit, fully sealed single length of...
  11. G

    lighting circuit problems

    upgraded board to dual rcd everything ok that night lighting circuit breaker trips rcd stays on i go back try putting breaker back on trips after a couple minutes , every light in house working when breaker on tried disconnecting all outside lights etc, also still tripped with every light...
    • glasgospark
    • Thread
    • after cable circuit every lighting lighting circuit problems trips
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    sqaure d breakers

    Is a type 3 sqaure d braker equivelent to a type c breaker been to house was asked to fit mcb c32 to protect an oven and hob at roughly 6kw without diversty i know its not the norm to fit type c breakers for fixed restive loads i know they are used for comercial purposes where there is a high...
  13. dlt27

    RCD Tripping.....

    Can anybody help... Went to a job Friday where apparently RCD is coming out once every couple of nights. The rcd covers 4 circuits which are sockets, sockets, heating and outdoor shed. I have carried out a blanket test and I am getting a reading of about 20M This is with loads conncted apart...
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    Shameless help required with RCD trips.

    Hi. I am a total novice with no electrical qualifications, but a quick learner and good with DIY and IT. I own a few old arcade machines at home and am having problems with my RCD tripping. How should I test and what am I looking for? I have had an electrician in to put a new RCD in to Isolate...
    • BristolMartin
    • Thread
    • clamp fitted help leakage quote rcd required tripping trips
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. D

    testing novice

    Hi guys just after some help. I have not done alot of testing so I apologise if this is a stupid question. Ring main. Getting end to ends all ok. Breaker stays on but as soon as my tester is plugged in to get zs or an appliance is plugged in it trips the rcd. Also when tester is plugged in it...
  16. yellowvanman

    Very High Zs and RCD not tripping

    Did an EICR today, Ze was 500ohms! Went through the whole process though. There is an up front time delayed 100mA RCD and a 30ma RCD protecting the sockets - 16th Edition board. 100mA trips ok at x 1 30mA trips ok at x1 but not at x5. It does trip at 100mA. Could it be that the very high...
  17. T

    RCD doesnt trip on test.

    Hi I have a 6 way split load board located in the shed and served by 10mm SWA. Anything on the unprotected side of the board tests and works fine. However this is not the same for the protected side. I can plug a radio in and the circuit does not trip, but if I use the lawn mower or a drill the...
    • Templer
    • Thread
    • button doesnt neutrals protected rcd test trip trips
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. K

    Ketech 65 trips RCD when Zs testing at Light switch

    Hi everyone - First post on here from a newcomer to the trade, so please bear this in mind when replying. ------- I was carrying out an Inspection and Test on an install today and wanted to get a ZS reading at a light switch. I couldn't get a good enough connection with the crocodile...
  19. S

    split board test rcd b rcd a trips

    installed a spilt board today 5 on one side 5 on other,made sure the cct did not get mixed ,start testing rdc b side first mainly because they are all radials cct, did loop on no trip rcd a tripped out but got the readings on rcd b why
  20. D

    rcd problems please help

    hi there i need a bit of help basically the rcd trips and the shower mcb trips the same time. then its ok for a day then it randomly does it during the night etc even when the shower isnt in use, any ideas?
    • demkap
    • Thread
    • cable help please problems rcd shower tests trips
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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