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Just disconnected one of the earth leads at the back of the second socket and no RCD trips. I've made sure that the sole earth lead connected to the socket is indeed going to earth with a multimeter so unless I have missed something I think that's it but I'm not holding my breath.
If all continues well I'll check out how the BPS performs later in the weekend - always assuming there is no loud bang and a smell of burning
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No, not a problem really. It’s just that when I had dedicated mains at my old place it took me some time to get a decent earth using a ground spike so I was going to be sensible for once and say don’t mess about with it until you’re satisfied current runs to ground. I got a fairly nasty jolt messing about with the last set up.
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Good newsOriginally Posted by worrasf
Sorted it
Just disconnected one of the earth leads at the back of the second socket and no RCD trips. I've made sure that the sole earth lead connected to the socket is indeed going to earth with a multimeter so unless I have missed something I think that's it but I'm not holding my breath.I'd check that you have approximately 120V of AC on both Live & Neutral relative to earth & 240V accross from Live to Neutral & you are good to go
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Something definitely not right here Mark - I thought it was to good to be true
240v across live and neutral
BUT 240v live to earth and 0v neutral to earth
Doesn't look balanced to me
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Have you reconnected the Earth on the secondary of the transformer to mains Earth?
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That's exactly what I did wrong.
All sorted now - 240V across live/neutral
120v across live/earth & neutral earth.
I am really grateful for your help Mark - esp previous post.
Thanks
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No worries, i'm pleased all is now as it should be
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