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
Sounds like time for a review and update of the devices installed in the consumer unit with at least RCD protection being added to shower circuit.
If the work shop circuit supplies the microwave socket, which is presumably in the kitchen, running a new separate circuit to the workshop could be a consideration as you cannot alter the RCD protection to the existing one.
Sounds like time for a review and update of the devices installed in the consumer unit with at least RCD protection being added to shower circuit.
If the work shop circuit supplies the microwave socket, which is presumably in the kitchen, running a new separate circuit to the workshop could be a consideration as you cannot alter the RCD protection to the existing one.
