Tumble Dryer Trips RCD
RJH wrote:
I've a Beko condensing tumble dryer that trips the socket circuit RCD
(labelled 80A 30mA) only under certain circumstances - always at what seems to
be the end of a cycle (in the sense that the clothes are always dry), and only
after it hasn't been used in a while (like at the moment, when most drying is
done on the line).
Resetting the RCD is fine.
Any idea of the cause/solution, and safety issues?
Static discharge at end of drying cycle,
as drum rotates and static filled clothes
discharge to drum ?
Add fabric sheet and retest on next load.
The fabric sheet being a depleter of static charge.
I stopped using fabric sheets here some years
ago, and there is *plenty* of static when I
take out a load now :-)
Paul
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