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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 463139" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>They symptoms you describe match up exactly with what some called a shared or borrowed neutral. All it is in reality is the live comes via one RCD but the neutral goes back via the other RCD, Whoever wired the socket did it wrong. Your "solution" to replace the RCD with a switch is daft to say the least, the RCD is functioning perfectly correctly by the sounds of it. Why remove something that is doing its job? The answer is to solve the fault, not remove something that has identified faulty wiring and is disconnecting the power to protect you. RCD's measure in-balanced currents between the live and neutral, your thoughts about surges and proximity of the RCD to the transformer, if valid would make products such as RCD sockets a bit of a non-starter. <a href="https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-13a-2-gang-rcd-switched-plug-socket-metal-clad/4714p#_=p" target="_blank">https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-13a-2-gang-rcd-switched-plug-socket-metal-clad/4714p#_=p</a></p><p></p><p>Doc H. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 463139, member: 1607"] They symptoms you describe match up exactly with what some called a shared or borrowed neutral. All it is in reality is the live comes via one RCD but the neutral goes back via the other RCD, Whoever wired the socket did it wrong. Your "solution" to replace the RCD with a switch is daft to say the least, the RCD is functioning perfectly correctly by the sounds of it. Why remove something that is doing its job? The answer is to solve the fault, not remove something that has identified faulty wiring and is disconnecting the power to protect you. RCD's measure in-balanced currents between the live and neutral, your thoughts about surges and proximity of the RCD to the transformer, if valid would make products such as RCD sockets a bit of a non-starter. [URL="https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-13a-2-gang-rcd-switched-plug-socket-metal-clad/4714p#_=p"]https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-13a-2-gang-rcd-switched-plug-socket-metal-clad/4714p#_=p[/URL] Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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