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How does your customer know that a) there was a power cut and b) the RCD tripping coincided with it?I'll expand a little on the problem. Customer goes away on holiday, power cut, RCD trips, fridge and freezer defrost.
My thoughts are that the combined earth leakage in the property from all the appliances being switched on at once (when the power comes back on) are tripping the RCD. I realise it could be some sort of Mains-bourne disturbance but I think that combined earth leakage is more likely.
I'd be looking for something like this too. Intentional earth leakage causing RCDs to trip is rare in domestic, at least in my experience. Outside lights full of water, on the other hand, I find a lot of these!I think before I started talking about changing the board, I'd be looking at a global IR L+N to E and a ramp test of the RCD to confirm current earth leakage level (or clamp meter).
It could be as simple as one outside light full of water.
I like the quiet and subtle way you posted a picture containing a brand new AFDD without reference to it at all!You should fit a new Wylex one, I fitted one yesterday for the first time, I was really impressed with it good quality metal and the main switch with double screws are rcbos are extremely solid
How does your customer know that a) there was a power cut and b) the RCD tripping coincided with it?
Absolutely agree.I think before I started talking about changing the board, I'd be looking at a global IR L+N to E and a ramp test of the RCD to confirm current earth leakage level (or clamp meter).
It could be as simple as one outside light full of water.
Probably just a big leakage that happens when everything restarts after the power cut and is booting up, if started at different times the leakages don't line up.Absolutely agree.
I have made it clear to the customer that it's 'probably' combined earth leakage, but I would need to test for faults first.
The reason I believe it's the above is because this has happened twice now. Both times they are on holiday and come back to a tripped RCD and both times there has been a power cut. The RCD has not tripped at other times.
I realise this is not conclusive proof, but it does steer towards combined leakage.
Freezer with faulty anti frost element creating fault intermittently maybe. Came across this before after a lot of head scratchingAbsolutely agree.
I have made it clear to the customer that it's 'probably' combined earth leakage, but I would need to test for faults first.
The reason I believe it's the above is because this has happened twice now. Both times they are on holiday and come back to a tripped RCD and both times there has been a power cut. The RCD has not tripped at other times.
I realise this is not conclusive proof, but it does steer towards combined leakage.
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