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ftgormley
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consumer units

by ftgormley » Wed May 30, 2007 2:17 pm

my consumer unit trips out every three to four hours i have disconnected allsystems on one at atime bases but it still happens could i have faulty consumer unit

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by Jeffmo » Wed May 30, 2007 7:29 pm

hi ft , more likely to be the rcd than whole consumer unit , but sounds more like earth leakage problem , will have to investigate by ellimination as to where the fault lies , . An electrician will be able to do ramp test and rcb test to to eleiminate rcd . Cheers jeff

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by Jeffmo » Wed May 30, 2007 7:52 pm

hi ft again just as a matter of interest is it raining when it trips. ? 2 have you any outside lights . Reason being if you get moisture in lights or sockets ,this would or could cause an earth leakage which will cause rcd to trip .Interesting keep in touch Jeff

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by sparx » Wed May 30, 2007 9:15 pm

Hi, unlikely, when did this start? what type of unit is it, ie RCD main sw. or split load ?
If latter, are neutrals on right half of board, ie same 1/2 as Lives?
Unfortunately fault could be cumelative, ie more than 1 faulty circuit / appliance so unless all circuits disconnected at same time difficult to find without insulation tester 'megger'
BW SPARX

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by ftgormley » Thu May 31, 2007 6:02 pm

[quote="Jeffmo"]hi ft again just as a matter of interest is it raining when it trips. ? 2 have you any outside lights . Reason being if you get moisture in lights or sockets ,this would or could cause an earth leakage which will cause rcd to trip .Interesting keep in touch Jeff[/quote]

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by ftgormley » Thu May 31, 2007 6:15 pm

Hi,Jeffmo many thanks for your time and advice, so far i have two thirds of my units back in line and so far so good as you said a process ofellimination as for the out side light it is disconnected at cons-unit many thanks again ftg

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by ftgormley » Thu May 31, 2007 6:30 pm

Hi sparx, this started last Wednesday evening at about 7pm the unit i have is a wylex with rcd main switch i am putting my appliances back in line one at time so i should find the duff one with a bit of luck many thanks for your advice and time ftg

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