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Got a heating element in a wallpaper stripper which is blowing 30mA RCD.
Testing live to earth on an old (but "electronic" rather than wind-up) Megger (which seems to provide 320 volts DC) gives ~ 5 MegOhm. Testing on a DVM gives ~ 200 kOhm, corresponding to a little over 1 mA leakage current on mains. So why the trip, especially given the Megger reading? Or is the megger f**ed? Whatever, I guess I need a new megger, any views on the £30 Chinese models from eBay, or should I be looking at a second hand Avo / Robin / Fluke etc? This is not for "professional" use, it probably only comes out a couple of times a year. |
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