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Topic: Electrics keep tripping :-(

member87un

15/3/2013 at 4:25pm
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Hi, I hope someone can help!

We've just got our first caravan, and when we plug the electrics into the house electrics it keeps tripping the electrics....we've purchased a brand new battery for the caravan and its still happening.

Any help or advice would be appreciated as we can't understand why it keeps doing this

Thanks

jeff juke

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Could be a number of things this is what id check..

1 Ehu cable has wires loose or touching

2 Switch everything off in the van and switch on one by one

3 Water heater may be faulty....may not have trip switch.

4 If you have the water pump rigged up it may have jammed.

Very hard to say unless being there maybe someone else can suggest other things ,

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15/3/2013 at 5:39pm
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What is tripping in the house the RCD or the MCB?

The RCD is the one with the test button.

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member87un

15/3/2013 at 5:43pm
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Hi, thanks will check the above.....it's the RCD in the house that trips.

It can be if e for half an hour or so and then starts...

Thanks for suggestions.

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If it's the RCD or MCB it wont reset at all unless you physically reset it. If it's going off and then coming back on without you doing anything then it sounds like a loose connection in the hookup lead.

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"Hi, thanks will check the above.....it's the RCD in the house that trips....."

Given above, what seems to be happening is as result of the house rcd, being a little more sensitive, is tripping sooner.

Try running 'van with only one mcb at a a time switched on. Then, at least, you will know which circuit / appliances are causing the problem

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If it is the RCD in the house that trips then firstly unplug the hookup cable from the caravan but leave it plugged in to the house electrics,if it trips the fault is in the hookup cable.If it doesn't trip then open the RCD and MCB's in the van and reconnect the van,if it trips the fault may be on the tails from the hookup point on the van and the van's RCD, if it doesn't trip close the van RCD and push the test button to prove it's working,if it trips OK then reclose it,switch off everything that is plugged in and close an MCB,if it is OK then switch on anything previously switched off one at a time if nothing trips then switch everything off again,assuming you have 2 or more MCB's repeat the process to determine if anything in the van is causing it.

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Jax365

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Could it just be condensation or water inside the plug ends to the outside EHU point? You may just need to use a hairdryer on the plug ends. Been a lot of water about lately!

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member87un

17/3/2013 at 8:10pm
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Thanks everyone...we think its the heating, we haven't had it switched on and had no problems, as soon as we turn it on, it starts tripping :-(

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