RCD Tripping - Fault Finding Exercise

RCD Tripping - Fault Finding Exercise
#electrician #faultfinding #artisanelectrics

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[RetiredandLivingthedream]

In my day I loved fault finding, the feeling of satisfaction was great. One occasion I was called out to a very expensive house because the rcd kept tripping, I explained my cost was £35 for the call out ( 10 years ago ) and that covers the 1st hr. it was a 45 min drive, found the problem in 5 min, decorator had loosened the socket fronts so he could scrape the wallpaper off some wet wallpaper fell across the contacts of the socket removed the wet paper problem solved, it took me 20 min to extract the £35 from the owner who said it should be cheaper because I was there 5 min. Asked how much he earned as he was a solicitor he said £150 an hr. Being polite and arguing my case he flung the £35 at me and said it was robbery, I replied it was only £5 to fix the problem the other £30 was for the knowledge gained over the previous 10 years.
He was put in my list of never again.
Love the videos, reminds me of when I was a spark.
Plenty of fault finding here in Thailand.
You give good advice.

[MrMaboboz]

Brilliant, thank you very much. Working from home and downstairs electricity went off, never had to deal with anything like this before so your video was heaven sent. Found the fault, an old 4 way kept tripping the sockets so replaced that, everything working again. Cheers buddy.

[tomorichard]

Hard to be sure by this method defiantly a good indication. But without IR testing you can be lead round the garden by compounding earth leakage

[mikeg]

I think that as you charge for your're first hour, you should at least done some basic IR tests and checks with a low current leakage clamp tester before you stick the I zettle in her face

[chrispage]

just watched this video, because just been to mother in-laws where the RDC switch is down, reset it and was ok, but will now go back and check each socket to see where problem is. thanks for that.

[Mattja]

Worth picking up an earth leakage clamp meter for jobs like this imo (and also a first indication before a board change).

You can use it to keep an eye on how the leakage changes as each circuit gets powered up and doesn't add any notable time or effort. Very useful for confirming if it's one big fault or lots of little bits adding up.

[paultipton]

Just a tip Always unplug everything out of the sockets when testing the socket circuit when fault finding, if just switching off and leaving the appliance or extension lead in it can still read through the neutral on sockets unless they are double pole switched( not all sockets are some are just single pole switched) so the switch only isolates the line side. I have experienced it before just switched off a socket outlet without unplugging and the fault was still there until I actually unplugged the appliance.

[ek]

Tanx for the upload always enjoy watching fault finding videos👍

[colinfarrow]

Half a century ago I went to college for 1day a week for 5 years and became one of the first qualified colour television service engineers. (city & guilds). Those were the days that demanded fault finding down to component level. Now days if its not the fuse in the Bin it. Thats progress i don't think....!! 🚮

[MrPaulzey]

I also remember getting my cans of Tennants super on the visits.

[buildorder]

An interesting rant but one to which we can all relate. Many of our parents could not afford to call in anyone and would always strip down and repair anything that malfunctioned.

[paultipton]

I had a rcd tripping problem once at a domestic property which was intermittent, I was thinking it was the fridge freezer as other appliances had been removed on a few occasions, I even did IR tests a few times and rcd ramp and earth loop tests but the tenant was arguing it can't be as the fridge freezer was brand new so after testing everything else I fitted a new rcd incase it was sensitive, it was still tripping out intermittently after a few days.
A few months later there was a recall by the manufacturer on the model of the fridge freezer

[tspirit]

Mate, you walked way first time without doing a IR test? tut tut!

[chookey]

Back in the 70's I regularly replaced elements on such things as kettles, irons and toasters. The parts were readily available though no such thing as the internet. Ordering was done through catalogues or the local appliance spares shops.
Who would even dream of doing such a thing now. I could make a profit out of repairing a kettle in the 70's but couldn't make a profit repairing a vcr in the late 90's, though I made a good living out of them prior to that. 😉

[maal]

Great video first of all, I am studying at the moment and your videos are so helpful, quick question: when you go to see the customer for the second time do you charge them again or only if you have to fix anything ?
Thanks 👍

[Dawghome]

You took my rant and updated it because you're much younger than me, the Apple company are guilty of doing that deliberately, so I'm not attracted to their cell phones.

[tzm]

Why would two RCDs in series trip together, after around 24 hours powered? But when there was only one RCD it did not trip! I didn't find a large current imbalance nor any ground currents. Any tips?

[hugebartlett]

I called in to an electrical appliance shop a couple of weeks ago and told the salesman there my TV set had stopped. The remote control was not switching the set on. I tried a new one with no result so I assume a solenoid switch had seized. A simple enough job to fix. I walked out when I was told I would be charged £300.

[davidlewis]

Learning some great stuff on your channel, thanks

[okaro]

In the past you could fix everything but the costs then were something different. In the 30s a fan was 150-500 € inflation adjusted . The wages of skilled workers back whenever about 2 €/hour. I prefer the current system where you work two hours for a fan instead of 75.