Hi all i'm a newbie here.
Tonight TV and computer went off,all lights ok. Checked dist board and found RCD main switch off so tried to resett it, no joy so went round unplugging things and trying RCD each time again no joy. I have two RCD's on my board and found that one is ok but the other one trips immediately I switch it on.
I thought that something on that circuit was faulty so with the aid of an extension lead connected to the other RCD circuit I tried everything that was connected to the circuit that tripped and it works fine. I also disconnected everything on the tripped circuit and RCD still trips immediately. Can RCD's go down and should I go and buy a replacement if so can I replace it myself.
This fault has never happened before and no one was doing anything just watching the TV.
Hope someone can help me please.
Regards
Tony
Tonight TV and computer went off,all lights ok. Checked dist board and found RCD main switch off so tried to resett it, no joy so went round unplugging things and trying RCD each time again no joy. I have two RCD's on my board and found that one is ok but the other one trips immediately I switch it on.
I thought that something on that circuit was faulty so with the aid of an extension lead connected to the other RCD circuit I tried everything that was connected to the circuit that tripped and it works fine. I also disconnected everything on the tripped circuit and RCD still trips immediately. Can RCD's go down and should I go and buy a replacement if so can I replace it myself.
This fault has never happened before and no one was doing anything just watching the TV.
Hope someone can help me please.
Regards
Tony