Newbie question.

Electricman Dan · Feb 18, 2011

Details:
A lounge, and 2 bedrooms are on a RCD protected ring with a 32A fuse.

If I plug a Ipod dock into any of the lounge sockets and then plug a 240v drill into another the ipod dock turns off.

None of the fuses trip.

If I plug another 240v tool in any of the sockets and my 240v drill into another socket they both run with no problems.

???? Help

What could it be that is turning off the Ipod dock that the RCD/ 32A fuse is not picking up..

Thanks, Dan..

i=p/u · Feb 18, 2011

its the wife winding you up

telectrix · Feb 18, 2011

surge????

Electricman Dan · Feb 18, 2011

Surge..? can you expand on that..?

telectrix · Feb 18, 2011

the high current drawn by the drill as it starts up. could affect the ipod. it's just a guess mind.

Mr.Si · Feb 18, 2011

The iPod is probably a highly sensitive electronic device and so like others say, it's probably (and here's the technical term) freaking out the iPod and causing it to turn off.

Electricman Dan · Feb 18, 2011

sounds good, thanks folks...
Mr.Si why not do your NVQ3 whilst self employed..?

Mr.Si · Feb 19, 2011

Didn't know I was allowed to!

I was weary of doing any work without any recent practical experience, except that of the training centre. Also didn't know what I was allowed to do and what I wasn't allowed to do. Also I thought I'd need my 17th Ed exam done and to get registered with a Part P body like Napit or Elecsa before I make a start (slowly, by doing domestic for friends & family). It's also a matter of confidence in ones self.

But let's not change this thread to be about me - it was you who asked the question this time

Electricman Dan · Feb 19, 2011

True.
The situation is odd because when I repeat the process in the kitchen (separate ring) the iPod thing stays on. So it's not a surge problem.

malcolmsanford · Feb 19, 2011

You have something there that defies logic, and engineering do not like things that are not logical, so there must be something. The common things are the ipod or the socket. Change the socket and then check, if you can for a loose connection in either the ipod itself or the plug top of the ipod