In message <200604231624.k3NGOK8k002337@fort-point-station.mit.edu> "Howard Winter" wrote: > Whole-house RCDs are thought to be a Bad Thing because that would take the > lights out, which may cause more > danger. So the usual way to do it is to have a split Consumer Unit, where > half of the circuits are RCD > protected, and half not. That's not the case in this house (9 years old, new-build, built by Barratt - say no more). We found out a few weeks after we moved in (and got all the mess dealt with) that if a lightbulb blows, it'll trip the RCD. This is incredibly annoying when the kitchen spotlight blows out at 11:00 at night, in the middle of winter, when you really want a cup of tea before bed, and instead you end up having to make a midnight trek to the garage to reset the %#$*ing breaker. Not to mention having to reset the VCR and all the alarm clocks. Guess how I know this. It's even more annoying if the computers are running... All comes with the territory I guess. -- Phil. | Kitsune: Acorn RiscPC SA202 64M+6G ViewFinder philpem@dsl.pipex.com | Cheetah: Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxeV2 512M+100G http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Tiger: Toshiba SatPro4600 Celeron700 256M+40G -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist