{"id":759,"date":"2024-09-29T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victorthemes.com\/themes\/windfall\/signs-you-may-need-an-electrician-copy-2-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T14:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:22:54","slug":"my-rcd-has-tripped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synergy-electrical.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/29\/my-rcd-has-tripped\/","title":{"rendered":"My RCD has tripped and won\u2019t reset, what shall I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"759\" class=\"elementor elementor-759\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-703d990 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"703d990\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2355d16\" data-id=\"2355d16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3dc43e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3dc43e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When an RCD (Residual Current Device) has tripped generally more than one circuit would have stopped working as the RCD would operate to give additional protection to more than one breaker\/circuit but how can we establish which is the faulty circuit?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f71b8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f71b8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3fa7e3\" data-id=\"a3fa7e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0745817 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0745817\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Synergy Electrical would recommend that all the breakers on the RCD side that has tripped are switched off. 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