Hi chaps,
As some of you may recall, I posted a while back about a dodgy electrician who did some work at my parents place, including putting in a circuit for a new induction hob, as well as a board.
He cocked a load of things up so following a complaint to the NICEIC, the guy came back today to rectify the faults (I thought it would be a good idea if I was not around!)
He admitted a few things (like ignoring the fact that there was a break in a ring final and making up the figures) but was adamant that the hob circuit couldn't go on an RCD as it would trip it constantly
I can understand an in-rush current to the hob causing an MCB to trip (in which case surely he should just have fitted a type C breaker?), but fail to see how it can do the same to an RCD... Anyone any ideas?
As far as I'm concerned, as it's on pvc/pvc and isn't surface mounted or protected, it needs an RCD...
Have I missed something here or is this guy just showing more of his incompetence by confusing RCDs and MCBs?
As some of you may recall, I posted a while back about a dodgy electrician who did some work at my parents place, including putting in a circuit for a new induction hob, as well as a board.
He cocked a load of things up so following a complaint to the NICEIC, the guy came back today to rectify the faults (I thought it would be a good idea if I was not around!)
He admitted a few things (like ignoring the fact that there was a break in a ring final and making up the figures) but was adamant that the hob circuit couldn't go on an RCD as it would trip it constantly
I can understand an in-rush current to the hob causing an MCB to trip (in which case surely he should just have fitted a type C breaker?), but fail to see how it can do the same to an RCD... Anyone any ideas?
As far as I'm concerned, as it's on pvc/pvc and isn't surface mounted or protected, it needs an RCD...
Have I missed something here or is this guy just showing more of his incompetence by confusing RCDs and MCBs?
