RE: OT (ish): LV Halogen Kit Tripping MCB

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the unit has a separate transformer then I would suggest that that is
the
ideal place to start - just pop to your local City Electrical Factors and
get an appropriate tranny from there.

If it's tripping a 6A MCB then I would have thought it was more likely to
be
a fault with the transformer than any switch on surge, I certainly don't
get
MCBs tripping out here when the halogens in the bathroom turn on....

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: davidsussmanuk [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 April 2004 22:02
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] OT (ish): LV Halogen Kit Tripping MCB
>
> Not strictly HA, but you lot here seem to be the font of all
> knowledge lighting wise.
>
> A long time ago I bought a Screwfix Flex 5 spot Halogen kit,
> which I've only just got around to fitting. When the light is
> switched on the breaker trips. After 5 days (long story) I've
> now worked out that it's not my dodgy wiring, but the light
> itself. My brother suggests it's the transformer, momentarily
> drawing more than 6A and thus the trip. It seems it's not a
> soft-start transformer (why oh why don't these get sold with
> a large warning).
>
> Is there anything I can do to resolve this? Some sort of
> surge suppressor I can fit just before the light. Someone
> else has suggested a transformer, but I'm wary it'll be
> noisy. Or am I doomed to pulling the damn thing down, filling
> in all those holes I've drilled and buying a whole new light?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
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