Have a 12volt 4a/48w driver and a 12v 2.5a/30w driver , they trip the circuit , is this too much load for a 6amp lighting circuit?
Led driver
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Does anything else "trip the circuit" when connected to the same point?
What is tripping?
Does anything else "trip the circuit" when connected to the same point?
What is tripping?
Will try each separately, trips the rcd.
Has this
Kind Regards, John
Edit: Work of disobedient brain/typing fingers corrected!
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An RCD does not trip on overload. So stop thinking about that as a possibility.
Its something else.
Its something else.
I am putting in some led strips around a room, whole house has been refurbished, last job, left a switched power supply in corner of the room to supply the led's.
Could it be a surge from the 48w unit, seems to be a crude chinese import, all metal construction like these.
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OK.
What happens if you don't have anything on the end of the wire
What happens if you put a standard lamp on the end of the wire
So it isn't a surge..
It probably a wiring fault on the 230ish side.
What happens if you don't have anything on the end of the wire
What happens if you put a standard lamp on the end of the wire
Don't forget the 48w/4A figures are the ratings at 12volt. At 240v they will be a 20th.
So it isn't a surge..
It probably a wiring fault on the 230ish side.
Wired the all metal 48w driver without the earth and all works fine , connect earth and trips out.
Its fooked then. Time to send it back to china for a replacement.
EDIT Do not touch it if its switched on and with no earth connected. You will become part of the fault circuit to earth. If you are lucky, the RCD will trip and save your a$$.
EDIT Do not touch it if its switched on and with no earth connected. You will become part of the fault circuit to earth. If you are lucky, the RCD will trip and save your a$$.
It could be the power supply leaks a bit on top of other leakages and tips the RCD over the limit.
Whose fault is that?
I wonder how good its "DC" output is?
It should not be touchable when switched on - it is supposed to be in an enclosure, not just lying around in the open.
It cannot be in an enclosure , it need lots of ventilation.
Who’s fault is what.? Presume you mean who sold it too me.
Then use a big enclosure.
"Cannot" is not a get-out - something like this MUST be in an enclosure, it is not an option!
It is lethally dangerous and illegal to use it otherwise.
No - I mean whose fault is it that you bought a crude Chinese import?
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