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We had our house rewired last year and have an RCD circuit breaker box, with various switches in it for the various circuits.
Our washing machine is a bit iffy and occasionally trips the electric out, and will be replaced in the near future.
The thing that I am unsure of though is that when it trips out it trips the whole electricity supply for the whole house, whereas I would have expected it to trip out only the individual circuit. Is this correct?
The box seems to be split into a red half and a green half, and from memory it takes out one half, but I believe it leaves the lights (i.e. the other half) connected.
Can someone confirm whether the individual switch should trip, or whetehr it is correct that it takes out this much other stuff.
Thanks
Our washing machine is a bit iffy and occasionally trips the electric out, and will be replaced in the near future.
The thing that I am unsure of though is that when it trips out it trips the whole electricity supply for the whole house, whereas I would have expected it to trip out only the individual circuit. Is this correct?
The box seems to be split into a red half and a green half, and from memory it takes out one half, but I believe it leaves the lights (i.e. the other half) connected.
Can someone confirm whether the individual switch should trip, or whetehr it is correct that it takes out this much other stuff.
Thanks