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turtleattacks

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#311902 25-Feb-2024 09:05
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Kia ora, 

Our blue RCD keeps have been tripping about twice over the past two weeks. The house itself is about ten years old so the switch would be around that age. 

 

I've isolated it to be the plugs within or kitchen, about three plugs. So as soon as that black power fuse gets switched back on, the RCD would trip again. 

 

However, even though if I've unplugged the appliances from the switches involved and switched off the plugs, the RCD would still trip. 

 

This usually resolves itself after about an hour or two. 

 

I've been told that this is possibly a faulty fuse box/RCD box. 

 

Any suggestions or ideas the cost to replace the box if that's the issue? 

 

 

 

 

 





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nzkc
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  #3199687 25-Feb-2024 09:13
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Get an electrician.

 

Youve done all you can do to be honest and its time for the professionals to come in. Sounds like something could be up with the circuit breaker, the wiring or the sockets in your kitchen (since you have removed all appliances). Maybe something else is hanging off the circuit that you're not aware of. So get an electrician in to diagnose.




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  #3199925 25-Feb-2024 19:33
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richms: 

Not sure exactly what was required in NZ rcds that Aussie didn't need at the time but my garage ended up with the cheapo method of 3 circuits per rcd because the approx $20 in Aussie rcbos were not acceptable here and the only ones that were were way more and double wide.

If this has changed now I might have to get the tame sparky back to swap over to rcbos.

 

FYI it was never to do with them having to be 2 pole but that the ones accepted in australia (which are now NOT allowed in australia) were type AC which were evidently less expensive to produce (also note there will be a higher demand for anything like this in australia driving the price down there) -- and were not allowed in NZ.

 

Single pole has been available here all along, just they are usually type A and people don't want to pay for them so the simplest most cost effective solution is a 2P RCCB protecting 3 MCBs. There's nothing wrong with this arrangement -- if you've got stuff tripping all the time there's other issues


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