Recent content by ApprenticeSparky

thanks for the replies, just to those who go on about being in 3rd year and not using a IR tester etc why would you need a tester when your putting up tray conduit ladder and trunking all day, and first fixing socket circuits and lights etc, it's not nessesary yeah maybe the company...

Well whenthe RCD trips the only breaker that goes down is the mcb thats for the shed, when all other mcb's are on ALL SOCKETS in the house work, when the shed breaker is down the ONLY sockets that dont work are the one in the shed, the rcd just tripped there now again with nothing plugged in ...

right but to be honest I've never used a megger before so how would I go about testing the circuit and how do i understand the readings

I have just been told te dryer was plugged in when it went, The RCD is on the main ( and only ) board in the house, I don't have a megger unfortunately Will I plug everything out and see if it goes again ? ? ?

Hi there, basically the shed out our back garden was wired by someone else about 6-7 years ago and now for some reason keeps tripping the ELCB, I checked the wiring in the sockets, spur and light and it all seems grand, the SWA coming in also seems grand, the only things plugged in are the...