RCD tester

[CS]

Can someone just confirm my sums?? I want to put a resistor inside a
plug to test the 30mA RCD. I reckon I need a 8k 10w resistor. R =
240/0.03 = 8000 ohms. W = 0.03 x 240 = 7.2W. 8.2Kohms or 6.8kohms -
so I guess the 6.8k as the voltage is likley to be lower than 240v.
Finding 6.8k may be another issue??

 

[Phil Allison]

"CS"

Can someone just confirm my sums?? I want to put a resistor inside a
plug to test the 30mA RCD.

** RCDs already have a *test button* that does exactly that - usually
with a 6.8 k 2W resistor connected from Active on the input side to Neutral
on the output.




...... Phil

 

[Phil Allison]

"CS"
"Phil Allison"

Can someone just confirm my sums?? I want to put a resistor inside a
plug to test the 30mA RCD.

** RCDs already have a *test button* that does exactly that - usually
with a 6.8 k 2W resistor connected from Active on the input side to
Neutral
on the output.

Thanks - I am after a tester independent of the RCD.


** The test button function is INDEPENDENT of the rest of the RCD.

You proposed device will achieve nothing beyond showing the ground conductor
can pass 30mA.

Unless you want to use it for mischief.......



...... Phil

 

[CS]

On 14 Oct, 04:55, "Phil Allison" <philalli...@tpg.com.au> wrote:

"CS"

Can someone just confirm my sums??  I want to put a resistor inside a
plug to test the 30mA RCD.

** RCDs already have a  *test button*  that does exactly that   -   usually
with a 6.8 k 2W resistor connected from Active on the input side to Neutral
on the output.

.....   Phil

Thanks - I am after a tester independent of the RCD.

 

[CS]

You proposed device will achieve nothing beyond showing the ground conductor
can pass 30mA.

The RCD should trip??

 

[Phil Allison]

"CS"

You proposed device will achieve nothing beyond showing the ground
conductor
can pass 30mA.

The RCD should trip??

** So causing mischief IS your game.

Piss off.



....... Phil

 

[David L. Jones]

On Oct 14, 3:22 pm, CS <colinst...@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 14 Oct, 04:55, "Phil Allison" <philalli...@tpg.com.au> wrote:

"CS"

Can someone just confirm my sums?? I want to put a resistor inside a
plug to test the 30mA RCD.

** RCDs already have a *test button* that does exactly that - usually
with a 6.8 k 2W resistor connected from Active on the input side to Neutral
on the output.

..... Phil

Thanks - I am after a tester independent of the RCD.

It's more beneficial to ensure your wiring to the power point is
correct. And as Phil said, the RCD has an independent test function.
But hey, you can get both functions for 20 bucks:
http://www.wiltronics.com.au/catalogue/shop.php?cid=182025

Dave.

 

[Phil Allison]

"CS" <colinstone@hotmail.com

Not sure why Allison is such a friendly chap.

** Smug assholes like you deserve no friends.

I have a socket tester
that confirms that the wiring is correct and all my wiring is
correct.

** No " socket tester" does any such thing

- you pig ignorant ass.

I just wanted a simple tester independent of the RCD - how
do you check the RCD independently of its own box???

** Just press the tests button - FUCKHEAD !!

There are fakes out there!!

** Insane paranoid crapology - you LYING ass.

It has nothing to do with mischief making and I am not sure why
Allison should raise it.

** Cos when the cap fits - pointy headed

SMUG MORONS like YOU pal get to wear it.





...... Phil

 

[CS]

Not sure why Allison is such a friendly chap. I have a socket tester
that confirms that the wiring is correct and all my wiring is
correct. I just wanted a simple tester independent of the RCD - how
do you check the RCD independently of its own box??? There are fakes
out there!!

It has nothing to do with mischief making and I am not sure why
Allison should raise it. I am reassured that there are villages around
that still have their village idiot.

 

[CS]

On 16 Oct, 14:23, "Phil Allison" <philalli...@tpg.com.au> wrote:

"CS" <colinst...@hotmail.com

Not sure why Allison is such a friendly chap.

**  Smug assholes like you deserve no friends.

I have a socket tester
that confirms that the wiring is correct and all my wiring is
correct.

**  No " socket tester"  does any such thing

  -   you pig ignorant ass.

I just wanted a simple tester independent of the RCD - how
do you check the RCD independently of its own box???

**  Just press the tests button  -   FUCKHEAD  !!

There are fakes out there!!

**  Insane paranoid crapology  -   you  LYING ass.

It has nothing to do with mischief making and I am not sure why
Allison should raise it.

** Cos when the cap fits    -   pointy headed

 SMUG  MORONS  like   YOU   pal get to wear it.

.....  Phil

Temper, temper. Tell me which lunatic asylum you are a resident of
and I'll kep well clear.

 

[CS]

There are fakes out there!!

**  Insane paranoid crapology  -   you  LYING ass.

Belgian Sunday market - single pole RCDs 5 euros. Bargain you might

think. Inside just an on/off switch.

 

[CS]

Allison, from another forum:

If he tested it by merely pushing the "test" button on the RCD that
does NOT test its efficacy if the fault occurs in a socket or an
appliance. It merely tests that the RCD can detect an imbalance.
Without an earth to the hull, there can not be an imbalance and so the
RCD will not trip.

One can buy or make an RCD tester which one simply plugs into a socket
and which will trip the RCD if the earth is OK.

au - is that Australia?? That explains the prison language level of
his post. Clearly related to exported convicts. In fact we made a
mistake. We should have left the convicts in UK and the rest of us
gone to Aus.

 

[Phil Allison]

"CS"

There are fakes out there!!

** Insane paranoid crapology - you LYING ass.

Belgian Sunday market - single pole RCDs 5 euros.

** No approvals so illegal to use or install.



...... Phil

 

[Phil Allison]

"CS"

Allison, from another forum:

If he tested it by merely pushing the "test" button on the RCD that
does NOT test its efficacy if the fault occurs in a socket or an
appliance.

** Yes it does - YOU FUCKING MORON !!!!1

It merely tests that the RCD can detect an imbalance.

** That is all an RCD ever does - YOU FUCKING MORON !!!!

Without an earth to the hull, there can not be an imbalance and so the
RCD will not trip.

** You in some kind of boat there - pal ?

Titanic ??

One can buy or make an RCD tester which one simply plugs into a socket
and which will trip the RCD if the earth is OK.

** You proposed device will achieve nothing beyond showing the ground
conductor
can pass 30mA.

Look familiar ???

au - is that Australia??

** You bet - you ridiculous pile of autistic shit.

Go drop dead.



........ Phil