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C15JON
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Mock exam question
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Having spent a couple of years writing technical exam questions, I can assure you it's not an easy thing to do.
Yesterday at 1:31 PM
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Short in socket - baffled
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Check you haven't caught one of the conductors with a plate screw.
Mar 22, 2024
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Smart Meter query
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in my experience people have far more small items drawing power than they imagine!
Mar 16, 2024
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Socket Tester
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A few but the worst one was when there was no earth for the house. A little bit of investigation found the main earth had been...
Feb 26, 2024
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Alright all?
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Welcome!
Feb 21, 2024
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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The only way I can think of it happening is multiple faults, which is possible with damp. Somehow damp in the light/ outside wall is...
Feb 21, 2024
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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I take your point, @Geoff1946, nicely explained. I need to go sit in a dark room with a damp flannel over my face and think about this...
Feb 19, 2024
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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RCD (Residual Current Device) devices are designed to monitor the balance of current flowing through live and neutral conductors in a...
Feb 19, 2024
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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With respect, you are wrong. RCDs trip quite happily on neutral to earth leakage. You can prove this quite simply in the home!
Feb 19, 2024
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RCD Tripping for no apparent reason
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Useful link, thanks for sharing!
Feb 19, 2024
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You can hire test equipment e.g... https://national-instrument-hire.co.uk/rcd-testers Could be worth a bit of googling to check for...
Feb 19, 2024
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From my past experience I find that randomly swapping components is a bit of a hit-n-miss method that typically proves nothing... I...
Feb 19, 2024
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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Okay - please educate me why this is?
Feb 19, 2024
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How do my appliances know to use solar first then grid electricity
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they don't... the solar simply puts out a slightly higher voltage than the grid voltage coming in
Feb 19, 2024
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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Yes. The fact that some sockets are protected by RCD means the live feeds of those protected circuits are cut through the RCD, correct...
Feb 19, 2024
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