Rcd tripping
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Get a spark in to fault find? Is the rcd rating correct? Is this a new fault? How old is the system? Any updates/upgrades? Any changes recently?
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A very unusual situation if no changes have been made
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I would guess on a neutral to earth fault.
With no load the neutral and earth are same voltage, so 0/5 ohms = 0 current to earth, as the load increases then the voltage between neutral and earth increases so 0.1/5 ohms = 0.05 amps so RCD will trip.
Most appliances have switches which only switch the line, so step one unplug anything not in use. With a cooker turn off wall isolator. You may be lucky and find it, but likely it will need a meter of some sort, so likely cheaper to get an electrician to fix it than buying meter and learning how to use it.
With no load the neutral and earth are same voltage, so 0/5 ohms = 0 current to earth, as the load increases then the voltage between neutral and earth increases so 0.1/5 ohms = 0.05 amps so RCD will trip.
Most appliances have switches which only switch the line, so step one unplug anything not in use. With a cooker turn off wall isolator. You may be lucky and find it, but likely it will need a meter of some sort, so likely cheaper to get an electrician to fix it than buying meter and learning how to use it.
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