RCBO tripping

Murdoch said:

If it was the RCBO tripping due to earth leakage then the value of the breaker is almost irrelevant.

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Yes, but the OP only said that the house 32 amp breaker did not trip without saying if that 32A breaker is RCBO or just MCB?

runningpiglet said:

Yes, but the OP only said that the house 32 amp breaker did not trip without saying if that 32A breaker is RCBO or just MCB?

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the OP posted a pic of a board thats full or RCBO's, and not any MCB's... so going to take a wild guess here and say its an RCBO tripping...

Andy™ said:

the OP posted a pic of a board thats full or RCBO's, and not any MCB's... so going to take a wild guess here and say its an RCBO tripping...

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Yes but that picture was the board in the garage, we still don't know what kind of 32A breaker is on the house board that he said doesn't trip?

runningpiglet said:

Yes but that picture was the board in the garage, we still don't know what kind of 32A breaker is on the house board that he said doesn't trip?

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I think that picture is the house fuseboard

I think for a definitive answer we all ought to nip round for a consultation…………

Murdoch said:

Not taking sides here, but your input wasn't really helpful, given the clear information the OP had posted.

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I often wondered where the saying "With all due respect" came from, because the next thing said is anything but respectful, "not taking sides" and then criticising is in the same vein.
Is this really supposed to be "The UK's Friendliest Electrical Forum" or is it just one or two individuals that find it necessary to criticise anything that does not meet their warped exacting standards.

Mike.J said:

I often wondered where the saying "With all due respect" came from, because the next thing said is anything but respectful, "not taking sides" and then criticising is in the same vein.

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If you had read all the posts you probably wouldn't have posted what you did

Aren't you in France where the regs are very different?

Not just the reg's, T&E not allowed, MCB's and RCBO's are dual pole, plus many other differences including manners.

Mike.J said:

Not just the reg's, T&E not allowed, MCB's and RCBO's are dual pole, plus many other differences including manners.

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Don’t they have their own variant of T&E? NYM perhaps?

The cost of NYM precludes its use as a norm, T&E as we know has conductors of different size's, French regulations state that all conductors must be of the same size and double insulated, this is usually achieved by single core inside plastic flexible conduit, although they seem to think its OK to just stick the conduit in a hole in the side of a pattress box, glands are like hens teeth.

Mike.J said:

The cost of NYM precludes its use as a norm, T&E as we know has conductors of different size's, French regulations state that all conductors must be of the same size and double insulated, this is usually achieved by single core inside plastic flexible conduit, although they seem to think its OK to just stick the conduit in a hole in the side of a pattress box, glands are like hens teeth.

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No AFDDs or SPDs ?

Don't they use a lot of "HULT" CCA or similar in France,?
Most of the rest of mainland Europe uses it, along with the crappy version of plastic copex, and as you say, no glands or safe zones in sight.

Murdoch said:

No AFDDs or SPDs ?

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Not within the regs yet as far as I know.

Mike.J said:

Not within the regs yet as far as I know.

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Me thinks the French have got this very right.

Except for periodic inspections which don't exist, If you buy a rural property in France and it already has a supply connected, beyond the main Disconjoncture de Branchment (500mAH tariff switch) which is the property of EDF, you are allowed under French law to do whatever you like, the only inspection that will be carried out is at the sale of the property when a Diagnostic Immobilier (not an electrician) will prepare a report on the condition of the installation, this inspection is normally carried out with a socket tester and pushing the RCD buttons (RCBO's what's that), they don't even test the earth rod, its all visual after that, sockets with covers etc Oh yes EDF do not supply an earth ever, this is left up to the house owner, nearly all rural French properties are TT, installed a lot of earth rods in my time over there.