RE: [OT] RCD intermitantly trips, any advice?

["Alex Clark" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ade

Have you tried ironing? ;-)

It could be a faulty RCD - it does happen.  Have you got a lot of computers
on a circuit?

Alex.

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 04 January 2005 08:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] RCD intermitantly trips, any advice?


Hi Ade

> (according to SWMBO) she was ironing,
Was she ironing  on every occasion that its tripped ????

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "slashcomfort" <yahoo@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:50 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] RCD intermitantly trips, any advice?


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> Hi all
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> been in a new house for about 3 weeks now and the RCD on the CU (only
> RCD, not a split unit) has tripped twice. This of course doesnt help
> with isolating where the issue might be. It hasnt happened when
> switching anything on so nothing obvious. When it went last night,
> (according to SWMBO) she was ironing, only other thing going was
> washing machine (and a few other applicances that are always on like
> oven and MW, computer).
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> Any one have any suggestions how i might isolated this? Could wire a
> few of the circuits to another CU with RCD, if the faulty cct was on
> this, would both RCD's trip or just the first one?
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> thanks for any advice as this is going to be a pain the the butt
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> Ade
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> ps - no alterations have been made as of yet
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