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<blockquote data-quote="Sid____" data-source="post: 554145" data-attributes="member: 37869"><p>Hi All,</p><p>Just recently our 100mA RCD in our home consumer unit has started to trip for no apparent reason.</p><p></p><p>On Thursday around lunchtime it tripped 3 times in the space of 1-2hrs. We were just using the kettle and microwave in the kitchen at that time. After I re-set it for the 3rd time I unplugged all our electrical appliances and switched off the outside lights. I gradually re-introduced them one at a time and all was well until around 3.00am this morning when I woke to find that the bedside clock was no longer illuminated. I got up and re-set the RCD then went outside to check if triggering the outside lights would cause it to trip. It didn't, but a few minutes later the RCD tripped again. I re-set it, turned the outside lights off and went back to bed. It hasn't tripped since.</p><p></p><p>Any idea of what could have gone awry? It's the same RCD that we have had for over 30 years. The outside PIR LED lights I fitted in December and have worked just fine. Everything else is as it has always been. I did wonder if anything on the mains supply side could be causing the RCD to trip. Is this possible?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid____, post: 554145, member: 37869"] Hi All, Just recently our 100mA RCD in our home consumer unit has started to trip for no apparent reason. On Thursday around lunchtime it tripped 3 times in the space of 1-2hrs. We were just using the kettle and microwave in the kitchen at that time. After I re-set it for the 3rd time I unplugged all our electrical appliances and switched off the outside lights. I gradually re-introduced them one at a time and all was well until around 3.00am this morning when I woke to find that the bedside clock was no longer illuminated. I got up and re-set the RCD then went outside to check if triggering the outside lights would cause it to trip. It didn't, but a few minutes later the RCD tripped again. I re-set it, turned the outside lights off and went back to bed. It hasn't tripped since. Any idea of what could have gone awry? It's the same RCD that we have had for over 30 years. The outside PIR LED lights I fitted in December and have worked just fine. Everything else is as it has always been. I did wonder if anything on the mains supply side could be causing the RCD to trip. Is this possible? [/QUOTE]
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