mc1903
DIY
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Hi,
We have recently had some electrical work completed in the house to add a new circuit for air conditioning.
We are now experiencing intermittent RCD trips, at all hours of the day and night, in the section of the consumer unit that the new A/C MCB was installed into.
No MCB's trip - just the common RCD.
I have a non-electrical technical background and understand that fault finding intermittent issues is usually a complete nightmare. I work from home and I am losing money/reputation each time the RCD trips and I get kicked out of a client call.
I am after professional opinion on the actual benefit of changing out all of the MCB's/RCD's for RCBO's and, if there is a real benefit, what a fair ball park cost & hours/days to complete would be? What 'paperwork' should I ask for/expect as part of any remedial electrical works, to cover me from a home insurance position?
Picture of consumer unit attached.
Thanks in advance.
M
We have recently had some electrical work completed in the house to add a new circuit for air conditioning.
We are now experiencing intermittent RCD trips, at all hours of the day and night, in the section of the consumer unit that the new A/C MCB was installed into.
No MCB's trip - just the common RCD.
I have a non-electrical technical background and understand that fault finding intermittent issues is usually a complete nightmare. I work from home and I am losing money/reputation each time the RCD trips and I get kicked out of a client call.
I am after professional opinion on the actual benefit of changing out all of the MCB's/RCD's for RCBO's and, if there is a real benefit, what a fair ball park cost & hours/days to complete would be? What 'paperwork' should I ask for/expect as part of any remedial electrical works, to cover me from a home insurance position?
Picture of consumer unit attached.
Thanks in advance.
M
- TL;DR
- Random RCD trips after new MCB installed. Cannot live with the issue, so should I just replace all of the MCB's & RCD's with RCBO's.