S
SimpleSimon
Sonebody correct me if Im wrong please.
Scenario: On a local gypsy site, the plot consists of an.outbuilding that contains shower,water heater utilitys bench and some lights. Also.supplied is a 32a comnando socket used to power the main caravan.
The main CU in the outhouse is controlled by a 30mA main switch RCD.
From the comnando.socket a 6mm armoured flex runs from the commando plug straight into the caravans owm CU. Inside the caravan CU it also has its own RCD main switch 30mA. Si two RCD's inline.
The problem is that somewhere there is a fault that will trip either the RCD in the caravan or the RCD in the outhouse,or both.
Now the RCD only trips randomly and not related to the usage of anything, Ive never seen in trip in the three/four times ive been there. Today it has tripped and they cant swutch it back on (this is all over phone today). Ive put it down to a leak as the weather round our way is awful and previous times its only tripped whenever its rained.
So when they both trip one can be swuitched on straight away but one wont come on for a few hours. It always swaps over either one or the other, ciould anyone tell me why it takes time to come back on?
So if its tripping both RCDs the problem must be coming from inside the caravan right? Im trying to tell the tennants this but they say they think its from the commando socket. Im trying to tell them that if it was the socket the RCD in the caravan wouldnt trip, I am right in saying this?
Also just been on the phone to the guy RCD in outhouse keeps tripping and stays off. So i tell him to unplug the caravan from the comnando socket and hey presto the RCD comes back on, proof that its not the socket right?!!
I just need you guys to tell me whether what ive said is right ir wrong as im gettung paranoid. If the problem was on the supply cable to the caravan, it wouldnt trip the inside RCD, only the first one right??
Thanks for reading this long long start.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
Scenario: On a local gypsy site, the plot consists of an.outbuilding that contains shower,water heater utilitys bench and some lights. Also.supplied is a 32a comnando socket used to power the main caravan.
The main CU in the outhouse is controlled by a 30mA main switch RCD.
From the comnando.socket a 6mm armoured flex runs from the commando plug straight into the caravans owm CU. Inside the caravan CU it also has its own RCD main switch 30mA. Si two RCD's inline.
The problem is that somewhere there is a fault that will trip either the RCD in the caravan or the RCD in the outhouse,or both.
Now the RCD only trips randomly and not related to the usage of anything, Ive never seen in trip in the three/four times ive been there. Today it has tripped and they cant swutch it back on (this is all over phone today). Ive put it down to a leak as the weather round our way is awful and previous times its only tripped whenever its rained.
So when they both trip one can be swuitched on straight away but one wont come on for a few hours. It always swaps over either one or the other, ciould anyone tell me why it takes time to come back on?
So if its tripping both RCDs the problem must be coming from inside the caravan right? Im trying to tell the tennants this but they say they think its from the commando socket. Im trying to tell them that if it was the socket the RCD in the caravan wouldnt trip, I am right in saying this?
Also just been on the phone to the guy RCD in outhouse keeps tripping and stays off. So i tell him to unplug the caravan from the comnando socket and hey presto the RCD comes back on, proof that its not the socket right?!!
I just need you guys to tell me whether what ive said is right ir wrong as im gettung paranoid. If the problem was on the supply cable to the caravan, it wouldnt trip the inside RCD, only the first one right??
Thanks for reading this long long start.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
