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IanBristol

RCD Trips

Hello,
I'm not an electrician. My RCD at home constantly trips. I tried turning off the power, resetting the RCD and putting the circuits back one by one, to work out what was tripping it. All were okay, except when I turned back on 'downstairs sockets' or 'upstairs sockets' either one of those would immediately cause the RCD to trip. I figured it may be a faulty appliance so went round and unplugged everything. However this made no difference. I thought it might be the fridge but I turned off the isolator and my electrician told me it couldn't be the fridge as it's behind a double pole isolator. My electrician is on holiday so won't be able to look for a few days. Is there anything else you think it could be or anything else I can easily check ? I don't have a multimeter or anything. Appreciate any help or advice you can give.

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A multi meter will not help Ian. Unfortunately there could be several reasons why this has happened, only testing with a proper tester will enable the correct diagnoses, it could be a faulty RCD, it could be a dodgy wire, it could be any number of things, I am afraid you will need an electrician to sort this out.
 

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