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    RCD tripping

    any thoughts?
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    RCD tripping

    Guys, i have a problem here!!!!headbangheadbangheadbang PrayPray :D :D Btw , yesterday a part of Guinness factory here in Dublin was on fire from a torch used by a drunk worker! ROTFWL
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    RCD tripping

    the 2 switches were faulty. I changed them and everything looks fine.(i didn t check the bathroom lights) Today the guy called and told me the sockets are not working. changed the rcd.new one still tripped cause the switch of the lights was on. even if the rcd is tripping, i have live on the...
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    RCD tripping

    Btw, when i checked the connections i didn t see any Earth connection.
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    RCD tripping

    well, i didn t move anything,just i replaced the old rcd. How can those lights were working yesterday and today are faulty? what i am thinking to try is to borrow a neutral from another working light , to see if is working?It s this ok?
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    RCD tripping

    yes,it looks in this way. i understand the circuit lights can be wired through a RCD.Is this right?
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    RCD tripping

    no, the ligts are not on. But the tester it s shows i have live wire.
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    RCD tripping

    Please can you be more specific? and how this can be happens without any reason?
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    RCD tripping

    I forget to specify, the RCD is protecting the ring circuit.when the RCD is tripping i have power in all lights circuits even in bathroom,i have power for shower and for heaters but not in the sockets.
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    RCD tripping

    Without lamps the circuit looks ok. But when i insert a lamp in one of those 8 sockets bulbs the fuse is tripping
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    RCD tripping

    Hi! Yesterday i changed 2 heaters switchers and today the tenant called and told me he has no electricity on the sockets. I found the RCD in the CU down.I tried few times to put it on but always is RCD tripped. I changed the RCD with another one and the same thing happend. After checking...
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    Dimmer Switch Installation

    I ll try to answer your questions: 1) Yes,12 spotlights x 50 watts 2)Before,it was a 2 gang switch(i will check one more time with the guy) 3)A dimmer was installed(3gangs x 250w) it works for a short period of time(was a totally wrong installation). All the other rooms lights are working...
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    Dimmer Switch Installation

    Thank you! Before was a switch.Monday ,first thing i will check exactly the wiring there. I was thinking is a very odd wiring from the beginning.
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    Dimmer Switch Installation

    I will make sure Monday morning is not 2way lighting. Thank you!!
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    Dimmer Switch Installation

    I did this .When i switched on the first gang 9 bulbs went on(9x50w) What i am 100% sure, is just one live cable(brown). I am pretty sure is not a 2way lighting. When i pair the brown and blue, the brown from next cable is coming alive.
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    Dimmer Switch Installation

    What do you mean by "pairs"?? headbangheadbang
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    Dimmer Switch Installation

    Hello Guys! I need a little bit of help with a dimmer switch. One of the tenants of the landlord which i work for him took out the switch and installed by himself a dimmer switch. The job was a total failure. headbang . The landlord asked me to have a look and maybe to wire the dimmer...
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    Storage heater

    Yes, it s come by default setting.I didn t say i am qualified as a electrician ,that s why i join this forum,to get advices.Do i ask for too much?
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    Storage heater

    I think it was a mistake.
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