EDF forced smart meter,now tripping rcd

ex-homelessdude2

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dogshome

"..... phoned the council....." ?
Does this mean you are a council tenant, because if you are it is up to the council to fix a fault in the house wiring.

What is not their responsibility is a faulty appliance that's plugged into the house wiring - Do as advised by unplugging everything in the kitchen, then plug in and switch on each appliance one at a time.

If one appliance trips, try another applaince in the same socket - If this also trips chances are that the fault is with the socket, so call the council.

House_Martin

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It displayed ok for me, eventually
.Live and neutrals appear to be correct, two lives on the outside with the two neutrals in centre.The live from the cut-out should go to the left side entry to meter and the neutral from the cut out should go next to it, at least that is how my meter is set up.

Raxiel

The meter sits before the RCD in the consumer unit, so it's unlikely to be related.

The RCD (Also known as a GCD) works by detecting current leakage - detecting current coming in on live and leaving on neutral, and looking for a difference.
They are sensitive, but have a minimum trip level. It's possible for multiple individual appliances or faults to have a leak below trip level, but the right (or wrong) combination can bring it up high enough for a nuisance trip.

With Autumn upon us and all the recent storms, it could be damp ingress somewhere has increased a minor current leak to that point. The timing with the meter swap would just be coincidence in that case.

If no individual appliance appears to be the issue by simple process of elimination, it may be necessary to get an electrician in to check each one with a clamp meter.

brewerdave

I had a similar issue a few years ago, but with a faulty meter -kept tripping out the RCD -a friendly local leccy diagnosed a supply issue -when I got the local power distributors out there was a fault with the incoming wiring to the meter -they told me that the trips were due to overcurrent ,not an earth fault.