Earth problem

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GamerDD

New Member

• Aug 19, 2009

• #1

hello ,

i have a problem with the earth he goes everythime off but i use nothing and nothing is defect and i pull all the thing off from the socket

sorry for my bad englisch

Greetzz GamerDD

 

blueroomelectronics

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• Aug 19, 2009

• #2

Earth the planet? Do you mean electrical ground?

What socket?

 

MikeMl

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Most Helpful Member

• Aug 19, 2009

• #3

Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) tripping spuriously? What do they call GFIs in the rest of the world?

 

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ericgibbs

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• Aug 19, 2009

• #4

In the UK, often called RCD or RCCB.

Residual-current device - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

MikeMl

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• Aug 19, 2009

• #5

ericgibbs said:

In the UK, often called RCD or RCCB.

Residual-current device - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Two possibilities: First, something you have plugged in actually has developed an internal fault, and is leaking current to ground. If so, this is potentially dangerous, so fix the appliance. Most likely problem.

Second, the GFI/RCD is defective, and is tripping when it shouldn't. Since I can buy a new one for <$10, I would just replace it to see if that solves the problem. If not, go back to #1, above. A bad GFI/RCD is much less likely than #1...

 

blueroomelectronics

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• Aug 19, 2009

• #6

How did you figure the OP was interested in a GFI?

 

MikeMl

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• Aug 19, 2009

• #7

English is not my native language, either!

 

Hero999

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• Aug 19, 2009

• #8

blueroomelectronics said:

Earth the planet? Do you mean electrical ground?

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Earth, ground there the same thing aren't they?

I don't mind you picking on retards but it's obvious English isn't his first language.