Hi,
Wasnt sure whether this should go in plumbing or electrics, suppose it depends on the eventual cause!
I've just fitted a consumer unit with split load and two RCD's. Currently the only circuit that is wired to the 2nd RCD is a circuit which includes the CH boiler. This RCD is tripping intermittantly and appears to be the boiler which is the cause.
Strangely, if I turn on the RCD it holds for a few seconds before tripping. If I then turn off the switch on the spur for the CH, and then switch on the RCD and then turn back on the CH switch the RCD holds for hours before randomly tripping again. During this period the CH and hot water both work and yesterday RCD held for at least 6 hours before tripping some time during the night.
The boiler is new and I can get the guy who installed to come back out and look at it but wanted to make sure that there is nothing wrong with the circuit supplying it first. I would have thought from the sequence of events decribed above and the random tripping that it is more likely to be something in the boiler?
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Wasnt sure whether this should go in plumbing or electrics, suppose it depends on the eventual cause!
I've just fitted a consumer unit with split load and two RCD's. Currently the only circuit that is wired to the 2nd RCD is a circuit which includes the CH boiler. This RCD is tripping intermittantly and appears to be the boiler which is the cause.
Strangely, if I turn on the RCD it holds for a few seconds before tripping. If I then turn off the switch on the spur for the CH, and then switch on the RCD and then turn back on the CH switch the RCD holds for hours before randomly tripping again. During this period the CH and hot water both work and yesterday RCD held for at least 6 hours before tripping some time during the night.
The boiler is new and I can get the guy who installed to come back out and look at it but wanted to make sure that there is nothing wrong with the circuit supplying it first. I would have thought from the sequence of events decribed above and the random tripping that it is more likely to be something in the boiler?
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance.