On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 18:24:02 -0700 (PDT), NT wrote:

On Sep 5, 11:27*pm, "george (dicegeorge)"
wrote:
Cnnected from L to E a neon on a 220k resistor will add in the region
of 0.7mA. An ultrabright LED can be run off much less than 1mA with
decent light output. And if you run it from a CR dropper the power
diss would be even tinier. The LED would need a rectifier of course.

NT

Wouldnt this add to RCD trip current?

yes, but by very little

Why not wire it between L and N?

there's often no N present

NT

um, how about a switch with very obvious on and off appearance and just
look at it.
--
Peter.
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