My house had a new consumer unit fitted in 2005 it's partly fitted with RCBOs and partly with MCBs it was installed by the DNO who are SSE in this area bearing in mind the year it was installed are the rcd fitted likely to be electronic type or plain electromechanical ones I'm asking out of curiosity because if ever there's a fault in my workshop ( for this read that I make a mistake or an error when experimenting) usually the house RCD trips despite me having an electronic plug in one on my test bench supply which I think should fire first ide really appreciate your wise words on this thanks x Kelly
Hi Andy I will order one of those sockets it seems like a good idea the extra protection will be useful and if it saves me a trip down to the house that's got to be good. What I do in my workshop is mostly playing about with old test gear and radio equipment although my main station is all modern gear I do enjoy playing with older equipment. Just to set your mind at rest I don't trip it thatoften it's just that when I do its a real nuisance. RCDs are not good when you've got bad arthritese in both knees!
Hi Andy I will order one of those sockets it seems like a good idea the extra protection will be useful and if it saves me a trip down to the house that's got to be good. What I do in my workshop is mostly playing about with old test gear and radio equipment although my main station is all modern gear I do enjoy playing with older equipment. Just to set your mind at rest I don't trip it thatoften it's just that when I do its a real nuisance. RCDs are not good when you've got bad arthritese in both knees!
