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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 498073" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>Without approved test equipment that can measure Continuity, Insulation Resistance, and test the RCD's operating characteristics..</p><p></p><p>And then fully test the whole supply path from house to shed to pond &amp; pump, you are pretty much guessing with your "visual" testing methods...</p><p></p><p>As..</p><p></p><p>1/ Electricity is invisible...</p><p></p><p>2/ It is odourless..</p><p></p><p>3/ At domestic voltages it is pretty much silent...</p><p></p><p>4/ It is not wise to touch it as it can kill a healthy adult in less than half a second...</p><p></p><p>Your problem could be due to a multitude of issues...</p><p></p><p>and/or </p><p></p><p>It may be just due to natural leakage across several circuits with a few aging appliances/accessories and a poor design of installation that is only relying upon a single RCD..</p><p></p><p>{Unclear from your description if the RCD that trips is supplying multiple circuits in the house as well or just the shed} </p><p></p><p>If the arrangement was designed with an RCD in the shed providing discrimination from the house fuse box, then this would have eliminate some possibilities straight off.</p><p></p><p>But bottom line is....</p><p></p><p>like the majority of fault finding investigations can be carried out on dead circuits with correct test gear..</p><p></p><p>There is no need to risk endangering anyone with a serious or fatal electric shock by trying to testing live!!</p><p></p><p> :coffee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 498073, member: 250"] Without approved test equipment that can measure Continuity, Insulation Resistance, and test the RCD's operating characteristics.. And then fully test the whole supply path from house to shed to pond & pump, you are pretty much guessing with your "visual" testing methods... As.. 1/ Electricity is invisible... 2/ It is odourless.. 3/ At domestic voltages it is pretty much silent... 4/ It is not wise to touch it as it can kill a healthy adult in less than half a second... Your problem could be due to a multitude of issues... and/or It may be just due to natural leakage across several circuits with a few aging appliances/accessories and a poor design of installation that is only relying upon a single RCD.. {Unclear from your description if the RCD that trips is supplying multiple circuits in the house as well or just the shed} If the arrangement was designed with an RCD in the shed providing discrimination from the house fuse box, then this would have eliminate some possibilities straight off. But bottom line is.... like the majority of fault finding investigations can be carried out on dead circuits with correct test gear.. There is no need to risk endangering anyone with a serious or fatal electric shock by trying to testing live!! :coffee [/QUOTE]
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