10 second trip

[Marvo]

It's not a shared n. Been working for the past year they said. IR test 0mohms between L and N.

Could damp cause it to trip after 10 secs? Why dies it happen after that long. Surly with a short it would trip straight away?

A low IR test with a megger tester doesn't indicate a 'short' it indicates an insulation or earth leakage fault. Just incidentally if it's an RCD tripping fault why are you testing between the L+N instead of linking the L+N together and testing to earth?

 

[tazz]

If we can get down to the nitty gritty of what tests you have conducted and how....it may shed some light (good pun) on whats causing the fault

 

[james king]

0m ohm is a dead short.

 

[Marvo]

IR test 0mohms between L and N.

0m ohm is a dead short.

Is it 0 ohms or 0mohms (milli ohms) is it 0Mohms (Mega ohms) whilst testing with a megger tester? You're confusing the kak out of me.

 

[trev]

Jiga, for hell's sake there's a procedure for fault finding. It's fairly basic stuff.
Put together a list of what tests you have carried out and how you have broken the circuit down and then maybe we can help you out.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Every day archy ! ! Oh you meant me !
I didnt do it on bloody purpose . It fookin hurt .I'm gonna take me Zimmer frame to work now

You could always get a nice blond wig and go on of those womens chat shows.

 

[Richard Burns]

0m ohm is a dead short.

If you mean 0.0 MΩ then this could be any value of resistance up to 99,999Ω, or 49,999Ω if the meter rounds up.
Hardly a dead short.

Admittedly 0.0 milliohms (0 mΩ) is a dead short

 

[dingledong]

Don't need a blonde wig I'm an essex geeze mate

 

[Silly Sausage]

0m ohm is a dead short.

If you can't understand the readings your instrument are giving, have you ever considered you're in the wrong game?
This is schoolboy stuff!!!

 

[Guest55]

anyone done any bad LSD jokes yet ?

 

[rapparee]

It appears the op has been frightened off..

 

[shanky887614]

It appears the op has been frightened off..

he sounds like a muppet.

what kind of a tool would bother just doing an r1 test.

take the lamp out and do an ir/r1

a good chance you will read through most lamps

 

[Engineer54]

Just another electrical trainee that hasn't got a Scobby Doo, of what the hell he's doing!!

 

[telectrix]

anyone done any bad LSD jokes yet ?

i made a feeble attempt in post#4.

 

[cprfenom]

I love it when Trev starts to get mad. All northerners have this perfect zone where sarcasm and honesty are perfectly merged.

I do think the OP gave up though