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The Natural Philosopher

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Guy King wrote:
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tumble driers trips rcd

Or if you're feeling foolhardy and brave, open the plug and disconnect
the earth wire to see if it still does it.

definitely foolhardy. A pocket multimeter will tell the OP whether the
tumbler is leaking, one probe on E and the other on L&N with it
switched on will tell you.

You might care to remove the utterly lethal ambiguity in that statement..

Yes I know it only catches 99% of cases -
thats a simple easy quick way to almost always tell you whats going on.

NT