RCD devices

[MintabiePete]

Gday everybody,

I live in Australia in a place called Broken Hill , and usually we dont get much rain , but it has been raining since about 4am this morning , not heavy but consistent drizzle that will be good for the farmers as we dont get all that much rain here .

Anyway my problem is that the RCD tripped on the light circuit and I have reset it and it has been going OK since .

Prior to about 2 years ago I never had the RCD devices fitted but when we got out bathroom refitted etc and I had a new hot water service fitted I had to get a RCD fitted as a requirement of the laws here that all new things installed had to be fitted with one . Anyway I have had a RCD fitted for all the circuits (ie) power , HWS and light , and it is the light one that has just tripped .

This has happened about 2 hours ago and (touch wood ) it is still going OK with no problems . By the way I only had 2 fleoros going at the time of the problem on the light circuit .

Could anyone hazard a guess what may have happened ? and whether I will have to do any follow up on it if it doesnt happen again , as I am a little bit uncertain about it .

 

[breezer]

its not a lot of use, but they are not required on lighting circuits over here (flourescents can cause nuisance tripping)

 

[MintabiePete]

Thanks breezer for your reply, is there any check you can do on your circuit that the average handyman can do ? I am not an electrician but a retired motor mechanic .

thanks

Peter

 

[Stod]

Could be the capacitor that's failed. Check with a multimeter.

 

[MintabiePete]

Thanks Stod , is that the capacitor in the fleuro you mean ?