In article , Lurch
writes
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:42:25 +0100, tony sayer
strung together this:

Now as long as the current in, through say the live terminal, is matched
by the current out through the neutral terminal,

Wrong way round, out from the RCD through the live and back in through
the neutral.

Well that is another way of saying the same thing. Mind you a drawing
would be worth a 10000 words in this instance

I wouldn't fancy trying to trip a 100 ma trip with my body either thanks!.

I have on occasions tried overloading circuits fed by 30A fuse wire,
using just myself as 'the load' and failed, and I've never managed to
trip an RCD by using me as a load across live and earth.

Something wrong there...your still here to tell the tale!....

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Tony Sayer