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Electrical problem
A mate of mine has completely rewired our house so everything in the
installation is brand new, including the split-load consumer unit. We have an upstairs ring main, downstairs ring main and a kitchen ring main, all of which are protected by the RCD, and the problem is the kitchen ring. As soon as *anything* (portable radio, halogen lamp, electric drill or whatever) is plugged into *any* socket on the kitchen ring, the RCD trips (plugging the same things into either upstairs or downstairs rings does *not* trip it). Splitting the ring at the CU and using a proper Megger (500v insulation resistance tester, not just a multimeter) to test each leg of the ring shows the following: L-N = almost infinity resistance (certainly over 1,000Mohms anyway) L-E = " " " " " " " N-E = " " " " " " " so no short-circuits, but yet the RCD trips. What's the problem - more importantly, what's the solution to the problem? ) TIA, Mogweed |
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