Power and the RA82 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Jul 2005

On Jul 12 2005,  0:43, Tony Duell wrote:
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  > On a tangential note, is it possible to
"lean" on a typical household
...
  > breaker to stop it from tripping?  Sort-of-like
"battle override" on
...
  > a Navy ship...  Or is the lever only good for
resetting, and holding
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  > it will not stop it from tripping?  I think the
latter but I've never
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   tried it for
real. 
 I have an idea that it's a requirement in the UK that you can't do this
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  -- if the lever is jammed in the 'on'
position, the breaker will still
...
  trip. Certainly alkl those of reputable manufacture
behave this way (you
...
  can try holding the lever of an RCD in the
'on' position and pressing the
...
  test button, it will still trip). 
RCDs are not the same.  If you hold the lever of a standard miniature
circuit breaker it will not trip.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
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