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Hi guys & Ladies
Was called to a job last week over some garden lights which were tripping the RCD.
Basically no problem with the installation, fused @ 3A of his conservatory sockets and switched. He then has 12 decking / walk over lights GU10, not the best quality but buried in concrete/soil and all the JB's have been siliconed and bagged.
Problem being is the lights have mild condensation inside them, which is causing the tripping.
I advised him to dry them out or wait till the weather improved, as his garden was like a bog.
If they came on, they would be dried out in minutes but that doesn't solve his problem.
He has a split board, all sockets on RCD and lighting on non RCD. If the original spark had wired them correctly on a lighting circuit, then I would not have been there. But now I have mentioned that to the customer, he wants me to change it.
Just looking for some views on this.
Cheers in advance.
Was called to a job last week over some garden lights which were tripping the RCD.
Basically no problem with the installation, fused @ 3A of his conservatory sockets and switched. He then has 12 decking / walk over lights GU10, not the best quality but buried in concrete/soil and all the JB's have been siliconed and bagged.
Problem being is the lights have mild condensation inside them, which is causing the tripping.
I advised him to dry them out or wait till the weather improved, as his garden was like a bog.
If they came on, they would be dried out in minutes but that doesn't solve his problem.
He has a split board, all sockets on RCD and lighting on non RCD. If the original spark had wired them correctly on a lighting circuit, then I would not have been there. But now I have mentioned that to the customer, he wants me to change it.
Just looking for some views on this.
Cheers in advance.