There have been lots of threads recently about problems with RCCBs tripping out. The advice has been to isolate different parts of the house circuitry to find out where the fault is. Where a fault is intermittent, but frequent enough to be a nuisance, this is not really practicable.How would a trade electrician find the fault? Presumably there is test equipment? What is this, how much does it cost and where could I get it?Peter Scott

Do a web search for PAT testing equipment, and also Meger test gear. Theseshould give you a rough idea what's needed.

How do electricians test circuits?

Jan 10, 2005 22 Replies

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Andy Hall 21 years ago

I suppose that either way, they are going to charge their fee...

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Dave Plowman (News) 21 years ago

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Lurch 21 years ago

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:54:46 +0000, Andy Hall strung together this:

I normally just search for testers using various search strings, then see what categories come up in the results and browse those.

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