Hi,
My house was totally rewired about 18 months ago. The new consumer unit has 2 RCD's, one of which started to trip intermittently last night. Circuits on this RCD include the kitchen and 1st floor ring mains along with the ground floor lighting circuit. No MCB's are tripping.
There are 2 fridge freezers, a washing machine and a tumble dryer connected to separate sockets on the kitchen ring main and an outside security light connected to the ground floor lighting circuit.
My gut feeling (based on not alot) is that its the o/s security light causing the problem after all the heavy rain we had the other night but everything seems very watertight.
In the meantime, I'm connecting the freezers, one by one, to the non tripping ring main on the other RCD by means of an extension lead to see if either of these appliances are the source of the problem.
Nothing has tripped today which may imply the problem has now dried out but what can I do to the outside light to rectify the problem as its on the same RCD as the freezers? Is just turning the security light off at the wall switch adequate to stop the RCD tripping (assuming that is the problem of course??)
Is there anything else I can do to isolate which appliance/lamp is causing the RCD to trip?? Having 2 fridge freezers on this tripping RCD is quite concerning as you can imagine. All appliances are less than a year old except the washing machine.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
My house was totally rewired about 18 months ago. The new consumer unit has 2 RCD's, one of which started to trip intermittently last night. Circuits on this RCD include the kitchen and 1st floor ring mains along with the ground floor lighting circuit. No MCB's are tripping.
There are 2 fridge freezers, a washing machine and a tumble dryer connected to separate sockets on the kitchen ring main and an outside security light connected to the ground floor lighting circuit.
My gut feeling (based on not alot) is that its the o/s security light causing the problem after all the heavy rain we had the other night but everything seems very watertight.
In the meantime, I'm connecting the freezers, one by one, to the non tripping ring main on the other RCD by means of an extension lead to see if either of these appliances are the source of the problem.
Nothing has tripped today which may imply the problem has now dried out but what can I do to the outside light to rectify the problem as its on the same RCD as the freezers? Is just turning the security light off at the wall switch adequate to stop the RCD tripping (assuming that is the problem of course??)
Is there anything else I can do to isolate which appliance/lamp is causing the RCD to trip?? Having 2 fridge freezers on this tripping RCD is quite concerning as you can imagine. All appliances are less than a year old except the washing machine.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.