Hi All,
My house wiring is typical - 2 RCDs and a few MCBs running to the side of them, lawnmower used to occasionally trip the RCD but has stopped doing that for some unknown reason, nothing has changed.
Anyways, my condenser tumble dryer has started to trip the main RCD to the sockets, but not all the time, every now and then it'll just trip, most of the time it'll complete the cycle and it'll be fine, seems to be worse when there are heavy items such as towels in there, as it was tripping the entire house I decided to get a plug in RCD and plug the tumble into that instead, well, it trips the main RCD still.
So why would it not trip the inline RCD in the first place? The dryer seems to get very hot so I am thinking it might have some vents blocked or it could be a thermal switch, do they trip short cct?
Any ideas? I'd like to keep the machine as it works fine when it doesn't trip but if it is cactus then it'll have to get replaced, I don't really know much about dryers , but it seems to spin OK and the rest of the time it works and everything comes out dry, no puddles of water anywhere, as I say it is a condenser so the water is contained and emptied after each cycle.
Other than replacing it which I don't really want to do, if I can fix it and avoid landfill I will, I am a bit stuck for ideas.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Cheers.