ADS

davezawadi (David Stone):

I think you have missed a point Coby. The only way an RCD can trip is to provide an alternative path for current to the line and neutral conductors. So in your example, you would need yourself firmly Earthed by an alternative path, so that the live current did not return via the neutral. Contacting both live conductors (or either with no other path) does not trip an RCD. However, if you contact one conductor and some Earthed item the RCD will trip at about 20mA current which you may not even feel at all. Touching live and neutral at once can still be rather nasty if you are well insulated from Earth.

So you do understand that RCD's do not work indoors and therefore ADS is a myth!

davezawadi (David Stone):

I think you have missed a point Coby. The only way an RCD can trip is to provide an alternative path for current to the line and neutral conductors. So in your example, you would need yourself firmly Earthed by an alternative path, so that the live current did not return via the neutral. Contacting both live conductors (or either with no other path) does not trip an RCD. However, if you contact one conductor and some Earthed item the RCD will trip at about 20mA current which you may not even feel at all. Touching live and neutral at once can still be rather nasty if you are well insulated from Earth.

So you do understand that RCD's do not work indoors and therefore ADS is a myth!