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Just to add there is already a cut out switch by the main fuse

Thanks for the replies. The switch's are plastic back box's are metal. The tails will be cut shorter because it will be closer to the main fuse. I literally want to move it 4 inch's

I need to move a consumer unit onto the opposite side of a wall where it is currently situated. The circuit wiring will all be cut shorter so no extensions to the circuits will need to be added. The consumer unit is a plastic one in good condition. The lighting circuit is earthed but not to the...

Hi. I'm currently doing a small pitched roof with a roof window. The tiles are marley modern smooth and the roof window is a sunlux with a universal flashing kit. It abuts to a wall where I have used a grp secret gutter. Firstly the flashing kit is causing me a head ache because it is causing...

Yea. oh well ive got new leads on order!!

I had the tester calibrated at a different place last year and they told me i needed new leads which are now the faulty ones. So they must have tested my leads then

There isnt a fuse. I did suspect these leads were faulty a few weeks back i had a few dodgy readings on an insulation test but when it came back from the calibration with everything ok I obviously thought they were ok.

I believe i may have found the issue. I changed my test leads for another pair and it wasnt working just i got the 1999ms reading yet 2 minutes ago with the different leads it tripped fine.

Ive just done a x5 test on another house im at with the same tester and it was perfect 12ms ?

my meter was only calibrated and tested last week so i would hope itl is in working order

Yea sorry it just read 1999 which i just presume to be ohms because thats the reading i get when i do my insulation resistance tests. I had a faulty rcd before that didnt trip and it came up with an error exceeding 500ms maximum limit. so thats why i wasnt sure with this error

Ive got a zs on a 6mm cooker radial circuit of 0.27 Immersion heater circuit with 2.5mm radial of 0.15 2.5mm ring circuit of 0.40 Im using a telarus unitest 0100 multi function tester

Its a PME with a ZE of 0.07ohms

they were still connected but I turned the mcb's off

Hi I was testing 2 new rcd's yesterday on a split consumer unit. They are bs-en type the first one tripped in 23ms and the 2nd tripped within 25ms but when i tested x5 i was receiving 1999ohm error? I tested them at the consumer unit and still got the same error. The test buttons...