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questions!!!!

chatting to some body today and well they were going on about ZS can have effect on RCD trip times!! is this true? never heard about it before..!

any body clear this one up??
 
Hmmmm I reckon if you have a ludicrously low PFC this is going to have a detrimental effect on an RCD trip time, but that's off the top of my head and I don't have the science to back it up.

I reckon your mate is probably talking so much balls.
 
thought so!!! lol..!

reason i ask is that i took a Type C RCBO 20A out of a DB as it was nuisance tripping! (the circuit is on a radial with ZS of 1.88 at last point and its in an office powering PC's..! IR Readings = >200 all round and its all run in metal basket / trunking underfloor feeding the floor boxes..!

every thing been fine for last 10 years! all of sudden its giving Nusance tripping! i Ramp Tested the RCD and it Blew at 15mA rather than 30mA....!! chap was blabbering saying well you ZS is higher than stipulated thats why its half the trip amount! the readings from DB schedule and my ZS is actually 0.2 Ohms more than when it was back in 1997....! any way i personally think that my RCD is Broken and have quoted for a new one (or new model one any way as they no longer for sale) just decided to ask!
 
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Nah that's 100% a dodgy RCD. Is this fella still with your previous employer, cos that sounds like their sort of hairbrained logic.

I reckon rip off merchants start to believe their own rubbish after a while.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I am not saying Mr Electric are rip off merchants. I do think they're rubbish, though.
 
nah works for Mittie now! he had a disagreement with the gaffa! lol...!

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I am not saying Mr Electric are rip off merchants. I do think they're rubbish, though. <<<<<<<<<<<<<----------------- hahahahahaha!!
 
I am sure the RCBO has been regularly tested as well.

I wonder if the amount of added PC equipment over the years has a combined earth leakage that is near or over the 30mA mark or over 15mA and the RCBO is faulty as you have found.

And i supposed it has not been wired with high integrity earthing in mind!

But hey, YOU are the electrician who just checked and tested it so YOU are obviously wrong. :rolleyes:
 
chatting to some body today and well they were going on about ZS can have effect on RCD trip times!! is this true? never heard about it before..!
every thing been fine for last 10 years! all of sudden its giving Nusance tripping! i Ramp Tested the RCD and it Blew at 15mA rather than 30mA....!!
On a course I was told that regularly operating / testing an RCD will gradually lower the tripping current. At the training centre, the RCDs on the test boards were tested so many times a week that they had to be replaced every few months. Perhaps your RCBO is just getting old and needs replacing.

I can't see how the tripping current would be directly related to Zs at the RCD. A very high Zs could mean that the tester fails to generate sufficient earth fault current to trip the RCD, giving an error reading. This should not be a problem with Zs of only 1.88 Ohms. After all, on a TT system with Ze of 100 Ohms you would still expect an RCD to pass a ramp test.

chap was blabbering ......
any way i personally think that my RCD is Broken and have quoted for a new one
I think you answered your own question there.
 
cheers fellas! just needed to nail that stupid theory from his gob shut tbh!! lol..!

quote for new RCBO and Busbar link plus out Hours fitting! £140!! woop woop! stupid Merlin Gerin Stuff!! lol..!!
seen a direct replacement on ebay for £20 quid lol...! hmmmmmm. maybe not!

dont think it is overload as its one of them RCBO with the 2 Flick Toggles where Overload drops but RCD dont but RCD pulls MCB Toggle with it!

Merlin Gerin V40H 1N 20 - 20a 30mA Type C RCBO on eBay (end time 03-Nov-10 07:25:09 GMT) <<<---- identical! one no longer made now though!
 
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it makes perfect sence that zs values can have a detrimental effect on rcds, howether in this case it is minor.
r1 and r2 values have an effect on ressistance of current therefore a resistance on fault current whether on live conductors or earth.
 

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