Hiring an RCD tester

Caecilius · 2012-12-15T14:59:54+00:00

I've been experiencing occasional nuisance RCD tripping for a fewyears now. It's very occasional - sometimes going for up to six monthswithout tripping. On average I'm getting a trip around once every twomonths.I've done some equipment testing with a megger and basic RCDsensitivity testing with some home-made leakage plugs (plugs withresistors between live and earth to give a known leakage current).Based on this, I think my RCD is over sensitive.My plan is to replace the RCD, which is fairly cheap and simple. ButI'd like to test the old one and the new one with something betterthan leakage plugs to see if there's any change in sensitivity.Does anyone know if it's possible to hire RCD testers for shortperiods at a reasonable rate? When I've looked, most hire shops directme to a PAT tester which isn't what I'm looking for. I don't want tobuy one for a single project.

Dec 15, 2012 40 Replies

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Colin Stamp 13 years ago

I came across this one by accident the other day. It's got a 2A range, so 1mA resolution.

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, Colin.

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