I suspect you'll find that one of your outdoor accessories (or whatever) is 'full' of water. Don't wait too long (after rain) before checking, since it may then have dried/drained out before you check!
Kind Regards, John
63ma rcd in consumer box trips - external 30ma doesnt RAIN!!
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Kind Regards, John
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Actually checked them last night in the rain (kept them dry while reviewing, they are all ip67 and have glands etc) - completely dry interiors - I'm suspecting a chipped cable or dodgy gland connect with the armour penetrating the insulation or something as haven't checked these yet, all cables are under decking so will need to be inventive retrieving and replacing them!
Do you have lights or anythong else connected to that circuit.
Dont forget that an RCD will look for an earth fault on the line and the neutral feed. Many switches only isolate the line - so a fault on the neutral will still trip the RCD even if the switch is "off"
Dont forget that an RCD will look for an earth fault on the line and the neutral feed. Many switches only isolate the line - so a fault on the neutral will still trip the RCD even if the switch is "off"
Lights are on a separate circuit, I have led floods, no issues with these - its just the sockets
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How 'separate'? Are you sure that they're not on a circuit which is protected by the same RCD in the house CU (the one that trips)?
Kind Regards, John
TTC has answered your question here. You need to investigate the fault properly. If you don't have the required kit, you can hire it.
If you don't know how to use this kit, get an electrcian to check your installation.
You say you replaced the RCD, so that's not the problem. Without testing, how do you know that's true?
Only sockets trip on rcd - lighting circuit remains active
Fair enough. The lighting must therefore be on a different RCD (or no RCD). As has been said by several of us, you need to get the circuits properly tested.
Kind Regards, John
apologies for being obscure - only sockets are rcd protected - all others are unprotected (MCB's), had a sparky in the other day he said setup (consumer unit) was fine (was in to remove a dodgy socket added by ewt water softner company - advised it was lethal!!) - I forgot to metion the tripping as hadn't happened recently - I'm kicking myself now - as pretty sure he could have hooked his tester up and id'd the issue for a couple of quid
Fair enough - I take it that this relates to any outside lights as well as indoor ones? If so, it's extremely unlikely (although not totally impossible) that any fault in the lighting (outdoors or otherwise) could be implicated in the RCD trips.
Kind Regards, John
Spot on exactly my thoughts - as lights are pre RCD
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