RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A rant!

[Meggerman]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

The way I have often put it to them is "The new consumer unit is sensitive to faults that your old fuseboard was not and will trip if you have faulty equipment".

 

[JiMMySnoW]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

Are there any issues with the fixed wiring that would trip an RCD? From what you've said I'd say no.

Is the oven likely to continue tripping the RCD? From what you've said I'd say yes.

Is a replacement oven likely to have a fault which would trip an RCD? Probably not.

yer, well until he gets a new oven replaces it and sees no trip, then I will know.

 

[Meggerman]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

Also with the tests you have done you have proved the oven is faulty so sleep easy

 

[vxwestie]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

Has the oven been sat dormant for a while? Or is it a new oven with the protective element coating causing the issue?
Cookers are notorious for this... There are ways to confirm this and possibly rectify, but only experience will help you there...

 

[JiMMySnoW]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

How many years have you been testing and what are your quals?

I been testing since 2007, I have 17 edition, part 2, 2391, part p, NICEIC domestic installer in my first years of starting self employed. Have 10 years overall experience. Just got my first big job to test 300 flats start Thursday.

 

[davesparks]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

yer, well until he gets a new oven replaces it and sees no trip, then I will know.

You should know from the full inspection and testing you carried out that the installation is fine.

Out of curiosity why was the board changed in the first place? As you know the EICR can't have returned an 'unsatisfactory' result just because there wasn't an RCD

 

[JiMMySnoW]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

i think he'll replace the oven and you'll get a heart felt apology via text and and cash envelope in the post for your trouble... you know, like all our other customers would in the same circumstances

I hope this is the outcome.

 

[JiMMySnoW]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

The way I have often put it to them is "The new consumer unit is sensitive to faults that your old fuseboard was not and will trip if you have faulty equipment".

thanks, I will just say this next time.

 

[vxwestie]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

Experience will also teach you to test with certain loads connected too.... Saves many a 'revisit'

 

[Meggerman]

Re: RCD trip after board upgrade. Frustration who on my side? Who's on landlords? A r

You should know from the full inspection and testing you carried out that the installation is fine.

Out of curiosity why was the board changed in the first place? As you know the EICR can't have returned an 'unsatisfactory' result just because there wasn't an RCD

I believe he would have isolated cooker DP switch for I/R test. This again proves the value of the "Main switch off, everything plugged in and switched on global L&N-E 250V IR test".