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I did upload an image in the album named RonPics, but have been unable to transfer it into the forum messages here. The house is a semi built about 1976, and smack in the middle of Marshalswick in St Albans....hardly very rural now, but at the time it was on the edge of fields. I'm no...

Yes, John, everything went through that RCD. That's the way the electrician did it when we moved into the house, and we didn't know any better. But mice? With 2 cats, we've never had a problem. To update: the new RCD tripped at 1930h, 4 hours after it was fitted. Despair. So it was back to...

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Hi Everyone Thanks for the feed back. It does seem to be some complex effect, from more than one source. Strange how it seems to build up. If the main switch is reset in the morning after having tripped at night it can hold for 5-6 hours. When it then trips, switching all circuits off and...

Back again. The electricians have been in and out. They first identified the fault as the pond pump in the garden, which I promptly disconnected. That evening, the MAINS switch cut! Next electrician identified a control unit on the central heating system. Plug out. 3 hours later the switch...

Our Crabtree 80A RCCB has worked well since 2000, but last night its MAIN switch tripped, without any of the individual circuits tripping. This was when only a few lights a TV and computer was on in the house. It would resist switching on again, usually tripping again in minutes. But if we...