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What sort of spark were you?
Clearly industrial ..... not used to this earthy stuff on domestics!
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What sort of spark were you?
Was thinking of compiling a list of all possible faults that could cause this but decided against it as it would take much typing and just listed one. Thinking about it a bit more and having spoken with Yoda he says "Most troubling it is, microwave is best removed for continued happiness"
faulty rcbo I reckon! no appliance consistently trips the rcbo and dont trip other rcbos! disconnect the circuit and turn on rcbo and see if it still trips!!
Have you tried switching/swapping the upstairs sockets RCBO for the downstairs sockets RCBO?? RCD devices as a whole, are not known for being overly reliable. So if after conducting any further testing without results, try swapping over the two RCBO's....
OK some observations and test results.
When was the rcbo board fitted?OK some observations and test results.
Observations -
during the evening last night the RCBO kept tripping with nothing plugged in (or DP off)
but during the night, I put the boiler on and wife put the dishwasher on - but the RCBO stayed on all night!!!
Tests
1 - the ring is complete (both L & N) - zero ohms.
2 - neither L nor N connect to any other circuit on the CU
3 - L-E, and N-E, and L-N all measure 38M for the ring.
4 - connected L&N across all the CU and they measure 34M between LN-E.
The max age of the wiring in the house is about 28 years
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