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How do I determine the type of Earth?

:( came home this evening and RCD had tripped. The only things plugged into the ring main are: TV, digibox, AV receiver, DVD player, router, phone, alarm clock, mobile phone charger. Everything else was isolated. Will unplug the above when not in use and see if it's one of them. Any...

Checked for signs of water in the kitchen ceiling rose (below bathroom) but all seems fine. Isolated some appliances by unplugging or switching off with DP switch (turns out all except my immersion heater have DP switches) Isolated: toaster, kettle, washing machine, microwave, plinth...

I tried one of the plug in RCDs on the fridge (before I moved it to the cooker socket and then to the non-RCD protected side), I also tried it on the 4-way adapter I use for my computer, monitor etc. In both cases, it seemed to trip whenever the CU RCD tripped. I assumed it just went as a...

Thanks for the reply John I've been isolating the cooker on the faceplate switch which I believe is DP on cooker faceplates. Originally, the cooker was RCD protected, I have moved this to the non-protected side of the CU. The ring main to which all the watery things connect including...

Hi all Hope you can help me. I have a split load MEM CU, a few months ago, I started getting occasional RCD trips. Recently these have become more frequent and I'm now trying to get to the bottom of what's causing it. I have 2 MCBs on the RCD protected side of the board and 4 on the non...