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10/12/2008 at 10:12am
Location: Lowestoft Suffolk
Outfit: Skoda Superb DSG + Elddis Affinity 550
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This sort of thing is always difficult to trace as the fault could be in the van wiring OR in an appliance.
It is often associated with dampness as the rcd is sensitive to this. The most likely candidates then are appliances with a water heating element in.
Try this, turn off both mini circuit breakers (MCB's) next to the rcd. Unplug everything, switch off fridge, zig unit etc . With NOTHING plugged in (and everything else switched off), switch on one mcb at a time and see if it trips. If it trips now, the problem is in the van wiring. When it trips, the problem is in the one circuit that was switched on at that moment.
If it does not trip, turn on the 10A mcb and plug one appliance in at a time. If (& when) it trips, the problem is in the one and only appliance that is plugged in at this time.
If it has not tripped, switch on the 6A mcb and do the same, one at a time thing, with whatever is connected to that circuit. If & when it trips, the problem is in the only unit that was connected at that moment.
Yoy can see what I'm doing, I'm isolating everything down to one thing at a time. If & when it trips, the fault is in the only thing connected at that moment.
Hope this helps.
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