Timeline for Why is the floor corridor circuit breaker tripping before my flat one?
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| Oct 3, 2023 at 12:21 | comment | added | Amogam | As far as I'm aware MCB is meant to trip when here's too much current flowing probably so much current is drawn as a result of short circuit or simply load is high .. I mean AC , water heater,Iron box etc. all are on the run and circuit is drawing much power and it trips.. RCD is when when some gets electrocuted.. it detects the incoming and outgoing current is not same so it trips... GFCI is meant for Groud Fault related things.. both are not same | |
| Sep 19, 2023 at 17:28 | vote | accept | Gnoupi | ||
| Sep 19, 2023 at 9:30 | history | edited | Simon B | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 19, 2023 at 5:58 | comment | added | Daniël van den Berg | Only after adding my answer did I realize GFCI and RCDBs are the same... perhaps see of you can add the word GFCI somewhere in your answer, I feel like more people are familiar with that than with RCDBs? Me, for one... | |
| Sep 19, 2023 at 1:31 | comment | added | nobody | This should be the accepted answer. | |
| Sep 19, 2023 at 1:01 | comment | added | david | eaton.com/au/en-gb/products/… "A residual current circuit breaker must be used in conjunction with a miniature circuit breaker (MCB)." | |
| Sep 18, 2023 at 21:23 | history | answered | Simon B | CC BY-SA 4.0 |