Iron tripping RCD

[VoltzElectrical]

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 the plug top.

Anyway, sent her out with the plastic money and she came back with a new phillips half price from comet.

 

[Electricalserv]

Personaly would have undone plug and tested wires. But yes you did

 

[telectrix]

yep. you done it correct, technical term is knackered.

 

[Geoffsd]

If by 'nothing you mean 0.00 you could do continuity test to find exact resistance but seems it has died.

 

[telectrix]

Personaly would have undone plug and tested wires. But yes you did

probably had a moulded plug.

 

[telectrix]

could always use the old one as a spare, heat it up on the gas ring.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Cheers lads, yeah moulded plug. Stuff so cheap these days, nothing gets repaired. Just wanted to make sure the iron WAS knackered before sending her out. would've been nice to be able to identify the xact component, but for £39.99? New Iron methinks and a trip to the civic amenities site.