Had something similiar a while ago - turned out to be cobwebs in a pool db. I'm guessing the cobwebs "caught" moisture , created a short/leakage and tripped the earth leakage.Cleaned it out and problem solved
Had something similiar a while ago - turned out to be cobwebs in a pool db. I'm guessing the cobwebs "caught" moisture , created a short/leakage and tripped the earth leakage.Cleaned it out and problem solved
mikilianis (01-Feb-14), tec0 (01-Feb-14)
WOW that is actually something to note!!!Originally Posted by greasemonkey
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Thank you for the replies. Do you think that I should replace the Earth Leakage unit? Before this problem that I have detailed in this thread, I had a faulty Earth Leakage unit and called in an electrician to take care of it. He talked me into having him replace it with a German make, one which he had on him but which was second hand. He said that a new one was R5000.00 but he would let me have it for R2000.00. I gave him the go ahead. I rent the house out and the tenant didn't notify me of the problem before it was too late. When I tried to get hold of the electrician, he had disappeared. Now I am wondering whether it is a "too sensitive Earth Leakage" unit because this fault seemed to start after this EL was replaced with this second hand EL unit. Does this all make sense? The circuit that I have identified as being problematic is my "out building" circuit. This feeds my garage, which only has one plug and one interior light on it. What makes this so confusing is that after the initial EL trip (which happens when it starts to rain) once you push the EL lever up, every thing works just fine despite the rain pouring down outside. Seems very strange to me.
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