Philip Pemberton wrote: > In message <200604231624.k3NGOK8k002337@fort-point-station.mit.edu> > "Howard Winter" wrote: > > 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... I feel your pain. My parallel experience is that a faulty GFI [RCD] breaker kept blowing and filling my basement up with water... The solution was just to replace it, but at least during diagnosis I had an excuse to build a little PIC project: . -- Timothy J. Weber http://timothyweber.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist