Proteus rcbo Went bang

[cliffed]

Existing proteus rcbo went bang,any one had a similar problem,I haven’t switched back on yet.
The DB about 10 years old,don’t need this hassle.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Existing proteus rcbo went bang,any one had a similar problem,I haven’t switched back on yet.
The DB about 10 years old,don’t need this hassle.

why did it go bang over loaded!

 

[buzzlightyear]

 

[KEV 1 N]

Proteus.......there’s your problem. Upgrade to better quality.

 

[Octopus]

Presumably it went "bang" because there is a fault on the circuit

 

[Deleted member 9648]

I suspect just about every make of RCBO has gone bang at some point, and there was an issue with some blowing up when the test button was pressed a few years back. Think about the size of single pole RCBO's now and the close proximity of live and neutral components within connected directly to the busbars.

 

[cliffed]

No reason ,just went bang, replacing with another tomorrow

 

[buzzlightyear]

No reason ,just went bang, replacing with another tomorrow

nothing goes bang without a reason !

 

[Pete999]

Proteus.......there’s your problem. Upgrade to better quality.

What he said Proteus, load of carp imo CEF's own make I believe, I had to do a job in Berlin, and got the said wholesaler to make me up a bespoke 2 consumers unit set up in a IP rated enclosure, ( no time allowed on site to do it myself) it came, it got installed, it got tested and it went Bristol's up after about 2 hours, no load just went that's it I aint working no more, Pete999 was not a happy Bunnie call the salesman that provided it, that he could stick his custom up a dark hole if that was the sort of service he was giving me. Went to an Independent outfit got great service good prices, and the the provided a replacement NOT Proteus I hasten to add, terrible stuff.

 

[KEV 1 N]

I’ve had an rcbo (QOE Square D) go bang once, but that happened when pressed the test button.....ended up with a blackened finger!

 

[Pete999]

I’ve had an rcbo (QOE Square D) go bang once, but that happened when pressed the test button.....ended up with a blackened finger!

Never got that far with my set up.

 

[cliffed]

All I remember was I switched it on,it went bang,I also panicked & pressed the test button,the circuit is now on a 20amp Mcb,temporally until I replace the existing rcbo.

 

[Octopus]

See the clean 6A MCB in this photo - I fitted this a few weeks back...



the previous one gave up the will to live - as you can probably tell, the CU had suffered some water ingress .............. from the old leaking bath above which has now been all replaced

A nice shiny new CU has just been fitted!

 

[cliffed]

Shocking

 

[Octopus]

The RCD side was no better .........



My advice to them was to plan to replace the CU or face a cowboy out of hours and get shafted..........

Thankfully they listened to what I said.

 

[Pete999]

See the clean 6A MCB in this photo - I fitted this a few weeks back...

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the previous one gave up the will to live - as you can probably tell, the CU had suffered some water ingress .............. from the old leaking bath above which has now been all replaced

A nice shiny new CU has just been fitted!

Was going to say that bus bar looks iffy

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

nothing goes bang without a reason !

Agree I was a weapons technician in the forces and nothing goes bang without a cause and trigger!

And that CU has seen better days. Given the water ingress I would have replaced it then, not try and dry it out hoping for the best.

 

[cliffed]

Replaced rcbo switched on &........works fine,the other one test button failure.

 

[buzzlightyear]

other one test button failure.

??????

 

[polo1]

Is Hager crap too? Fitted a 6A rcbo (on a new circuit with satisfactory dead tests). On for about three minutes and it tripped. Pushed the toggle back up and .... bang.
It can happen with all makes