hello, can any one advise me. when we have the heater running on mains, and then turn kettle on, the rcd trips out. we found out that the heater and the kettle socket are on the same circuit breaker, and the remaining socket is not with the other sockets. the caravan is a 2007 abbey vogue 460. we have been back to the dealer and we are still waiting for a reply. is this normal. do we have to turn the fire off everytime my husband needs a coffee. thankyou for any info given.
RCD TRIPPING OUT.......HELP
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It is likely that with the heater and kettle on you are pulling to much power.
Are you using a lower wattage caravanning kettle, or are you taking a kettle from home that draws higher power.
Are you using a lower wattage caravanning kettle, or are you taking a kettle from home that draws higher power.
Damian
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Edwina, firstly, the Truma series of heaters are primarily designed to be run on gas. The electric side is intended for back up heating, and was only included at the request of the buying public.
If you are running the electric at full power of 2000watts AND a (presumably)domestic kettle at 850 watts, then you are drawing over 11amps, and the circuit breaker is probably a 10 amp breaker.
The answer, turn the heating down to the 500 mark, or off for the time it takes to boil a kettle, or use gas for the kettle.
If you are running the electric at full power of 2000watts AND a (presumably)domestic kettle at 850 watts, then you are drawing over 11amps, and the circuit breaker is probably a 10 amp breaker.
The answer, turn the heating down to the 500 mark, or off for the time it takes to boil a kettle, or use gas for the kettle.
thankyou. we would only use it in extreme cases on electric.(like when u forget the gas bottle) but were just concerned that it did trip out. we thought we were doing it ok , i think it was on 500. thankyou will retry next week when we are away again. but like you say ...with the gas bottle....we live an learn. thankyou again
We have a simple rule in our van and rarely trip the supply - if the kettle or toaster go on the water and space heater go off first.
In our van the switches are right opposite the kettle/toaster area and for the time it takes to boil water or make toast you will notice no difference, a toaster puts out appx the same level of heat as the fire anyway.
The same would apply to a microwave or electric hob/oven/grill if we used one.
In our van the switches are right opposite the kettle/toaster area and for the time it takes to boil water or make toast you will notice no difference, a toaster puts out appx the same level of heat as the fire anyway.
The same would apply to a microwave or electric hob/oven/grill if we used one.
Edwina,
Have a look and see what ampage the RCD is which controls your fire. If it is 10amps then you should have no problem using a low wattage kettle ( say 850watts ) and running your fire on the 1000watts setting. However if your water heater is on the same circuit then 10amps is insufficient. Our last caravan was a 2004 Bailey Senator Wyoming and we had the same problem as yourself. In 2005 models Bailey changed the RCD to a 15amp one. At our request our dealer changed ours to 15amps at the first service. This solved the origonal problem. However we were informed the reason Bailey fitted a 10amp RCD was to make it virtually impossible to trip a 16 amps mains bollard on site. It may be worth seeing if your RCD could be changed for a 15amps one.
We have recently collected our new 2007 Swift Conqueror 655. I shall be checking our RCD'sto see if ours are the same as yours.
Hamer.
Have a look and see what ampage the RCD is which controls your fire. If it is 10amps then you should have no problem using a low wattage kettle ( say 850watts ) and running your fire on the 1000watts setting. However if your water heater is on the same circuit then 10amps is insufficient. Our last caravan was a 2004 Bailey Senator Wyoming and we had the same problem as yourself. In 2005 models Bailey changed the RCD to a 15amp one. At our request our dealer changed ours to 15amps at the first service. This solved the origonal problem. However we were informed the reason Bailey fitted a 10amp RCD was to make it virtually impossible to trip a 16 amps mains bollard on site. It may be worth seeing if your RCD could be changed for a 15amps one.
We have recently collected our new 2007 Swift Conqueror 655. I shall be checking our RCD'sto see if ours are the same as yours.
Hamer.
I think you will find that a RCD is for protection against earth leakage, and the MCB is for circuit overload protection.
If the RCD is tripping then this is safety tripping against you getting an electric shock, it could be that the kettle element is knackered and going to ground when power is switched on.
If the MCB is tripping then like others have stated too much current is being drawn and it trips protecting the circuit from meltdown.
Check which trip is tripping out !
If the RCD is tripping then this is safety tripping against you getting an electric shock, it could be that the kettle element is knackered and going to ground when power is switched on.
If the MCB is tripping then like others have stated too much current is being drawn and it trips protecting the circuit from meltdown.
Check which trip is tripping out !
thankyou to all of the above. can i apologise if what i thought was an rcd turned out to be another abbreviation . i think i got the question across. and very much appreciate the replys. thankyou
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