Circuit Breaker Help!

stephentbb2000

During high winds recently and in particular during gusts, one of our circuit breakers trips. Its a new house in the country and there is no probs with the wiring. Anybody know what could cause this with out stating the obvious (wind).

Thanks in advance!

Bruthal

You will have to say what circuit breaker it is to be of any help. Is it an MCB, RCD, RCBO? Take a photo if possible showing the breaker and its circuit description usually written under it.

meercat

stephentbb2000 wrote: »

During high winds recently and in particular during gusts, one of our circuit breakers trips. Its a new house in the country

are there any outside lights that are wired but not fitted yet
possibly the cable is blowing in the wind and the insulation tape(should be joint box)is ripped off,thereby exposing the cables to wet walls causing a short.

ok thats my theory
as robbie says,more info please

stephentbb2000

Its an RCD, was talking to a nieghbour earleir and its happening to them as well. Gave ESB networks a ring and they said they would investigate. Thanks for the help. Because its the RCD tripping, any ideas of the cause?

We also have outside lights, i am fairly sure they are water tight. The RCD has never tripped with them on.

M cebee

i believe it can alright
i looked into it before but i've forgot the details

http://www.hagerbr.com.au/popup.php?scr=1024&id=84&action=faq

see 'What are the possible causes of unwanted tripping of RCDs?'

awnow

I have seen it before whereby a cable running externally overhead was damaged and during heavy rain/wind, it caused an RCD to trip. Check for loose cables. Stating the obvious, if it's wind related then the problem is likely to be related to a service outside!

But the fact that your neighbour has the same issue suggests that the issue may be related to the common external supply network. Let us know the outcome.

Tails142

Similar to OPs query I have a thing that goes wrong and I want to fix it, please help me I'm not going to provide any further info, much appreciated! :Dly wired light

I had a badly wired light in the sitting room that kept tripping, took ages to find it, was a PITA, problem was in the switch.

stephentbb2000

The following day after the problem occured, ESB networks arrived and discovered there was a problem with the open network. The problem had occured during a previous storm around the time of the Dublin flooding.

Thanks for all the help.