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<blockquote data-quote="Murdoch" data-source="post: 493240" data-attributes="member: 24445"><p>Up front RCD boards are the nightmares waiting to happen closely followed by dual RCD fuseboards.</p><p></p><p>RCBO boards are far better, as you would only lose 1 circuit in the event of a fault.</p><p></p><p>You may simply be experiencing accumulating leakage across all your circuits ...</p><p></p><p>Ask your friends for recommendations for sparks and get some quotes for a new board - but be warned, no spark is going to give a fixed price to locate and fix a problem you describe.</p><p></p><p>My recent RCD investigations have concluded that:</p><p></p><p>a cat peed in an extension lead</p><p></p><p>a grand daughter turned on a redundant cable to an old pond - the cable end was exposed</p><p></p><p>a leaking radiator was letting water into a junction box</p><p></p><p>a weeping motorised value was the culprit</p><p></p><p>a laptop transformer needed to go in the bin</p><p></p><p>a chippie had put a nail into a cable</p><p></p><p>a washing machine had internal faults</p><p></p><p>....... all these had up front or dual RCD boards, meaning the customer lost all or half their circuits ..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murdoch, post: 493240, member: 24445"] Up front RCD boards are the nightmares waiting to happen closely followed by dual RCD fuseboards. RCBO boards are far better, as you would only lose 1 circuit in the event of a fault. You may simply be experiencing accumulating leakage across all your circuits ... Ask your friends for recommendations for sparks and get some quotes for a new board - but be warned, no spark is going to give a fixed price to locate and fix a problem you describe. My recent RCD investigations have concluded that: a cat peed in an extension lead a grand daughter turned on a redundant cable to an old pond - the cable end was exposed a leaking radiator was letting water into a junction box a weeping motorised value was the culprit a laptop transformer needed to go in the bin a chippie had put a nail into a cable a washing machine had internal faults ....... all these had up front or dual RCD boards, meaning the customer lost all or half their circuits .. [/QUOTE]
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