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And now ... My wife (cleverly!) realised we have a service contract for the electrics with BG - she called them in today! He tested the RCD = fine, but testing the board found a neutral-earth short (not bad enough to trip but not good either) - he's coming in tomorrow to get to the root of...

Hi spark ... I don't have an IR tester, might have to get one, got a few multimeters but they dont pump out any volts to do IR testing. Have you ever come across testing damaging equipment before? I'm not going to sue anyone but it might help explain what happend - coz I can't fathom how...

OK - I've now read a lot on this forum about RCD nuisance tripping, some fantastic responses (so here's hoping!) Here goes: 10 year old house, new extension last year, single RCD board (not a split board), lots of new wiring (distribution box moved etc), new boiler and valve heads (not new...