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Yes Edward, that is indeed the case with FCU switched on the fly leads are live without any problems until I plug any of the fly leads to a fitting, then the RCD trips! And as we all know the fly leads have no cpc only fase and neutral in them!

Split board, switched through FCU, on RCD side, on Socket circuit.

Was called out to a tripping rcd today. narrowed it down to the kitchen under cabinet lights similar to these: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LLM16W.html As soon as I connect the fly leads to any of these undercabinet lights (there are 4 in total) the RCD trips!?! Any ideas/solutions?

it's really shocking! I was called out to a property which has recently had the kitchen extended and a new utility room created. 2D fitting in utility working intermittently. opened fitting checked wiring and it was wired so that when you switched it off it was switching the Neutral not the...

It's for a college assignment, i'm not actually doing this job physically!

Cooker being installed 2.5 meters from DB. 80a cooker, 52Kw, 17.5Kw per phase. What size cable is required and what size breakers? Many thanks.

Wylex split load CU 2 split aircon units connected to RCD side. every time they are switched on they trip the 80a 30ma RCD. what could be causing this? both units were recently installed!

large room with 4 twin 6ft fluorescents, 2 twin 8ft, 2 6ft. every so often some of them will go off for about one second changed tubes and starters makes no difference any ideas?

Mottsy, to answer your original question, 500W Halogens are NOT discharge lights and the average timer will handle them without a problem, but Crafty's idea of using a photocell makes more sense in your case as it is controlled by daylight as its' name suggests! HTH

Crafty, Read what the OP wrote, he doesnt want his floods to come on during daylight when someone triggers the PIR so he wants to stick a timer in the circuit to prevent the floods from coming on during daylight but still allow the chime to operate at all times Now that we have established...

Can you explain why they are better?? Their light output is absolute C**P!

or you could try this one too: http://www.mkelectric.co.uk/news/news.asp?newsid=1024

This is just what you need! http://www.modbs.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/113/Eaton_MEM_adds_lockable_sockets_to_Ultra_range.html

yes but dont forget they are dealing with only 110V!!