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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........A short update. I deconstructed the 2 main lighting cct connection boxes in the loft, where I cut an access hole. It was like trying...
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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........Hi, yes good spotting. I did write in the previous post with the photo the earth connections on all the junction boxes are made around...
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GGoodDIYjob reacted to ericmark's post in the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help....... with
Thanks.
I have looked, maybe eyesight is failing, but I can't see any earth wires? The rules changed 1966, where all fixed wiring needs an earth... -
GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........When I get this basic insulation tester and need to test the lighting cct, neutral and earth, im assuming I need to remove all led bulbs...
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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........So, some updates. I rechecked my multi meter impedance testing of the circuit with the live and earth of the outgoing wire disconnected...
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GGoodDIYjob reacted to tbcnsg's post in the thread 25mm core for 22mm outside frost resistant hot and cold tap... with Thanks.
I had almost the exact same problem when I ran a pair of 22mm insulated tails through a 9" wall for an outdoor mixer tap. Couldn’t find...
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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread 25mm core for 22mm outside frost resistant hot and cold tap....Ok thanks @Razor900 and @Madrab. I already had the long sds plus masonry bits so I did as before and suggested here. Pilot 10mm, then...
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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........I should of just asked for it. But this fault showed itself when an electrician did a cu change out. So the quote was for all RCBOs...
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GGoodDIYjob reacted to Harry Bloomfield's post in the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help....... with Thanks.
Right there, is the cause of the trip! I'm surprised that, whoever swapped the RCBO for an MCB, didn't leave the removed item with you...
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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........Yeah ok. Thanks. I'll double check what i,m telling you tomorrow. Which i guess indicated a dead short between neutral and earth ...
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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........Ok. Board turned off at double pole isolator. Neutral removed from mcb. (Edit. Actually neutral of problem cct removed from board...
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GGoodDIYjob reacted to AndyPRK's post in the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help....... with Thanks.
I don't think he has an RCBO to hand. I guess he could use the other one, on the other light circuit if he wanted to go this way
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GGoodDIYjob replied to the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help........You're right. But I will either go and buy one or I could remove one from an active cct to carry out tests. So will progress someway and...
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GGoodDIYjob reacted to Harry Bloomfield's post in the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help....... with Thanks.
As it's a bungalow, the fault-finding (neutral leakage to earth), should be fairly easy to trace.... Up in the loft, trace out where...
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GGoodDIYjob reacted to ericmark's post in the thread RCBO tripping - identify likely location - help....... with Thanks.
I have the cure. Here in delta configuration they will, in the main, remove rodents, but also may deposit the odd unit to show they are...
