RCCB tripping when plugging in a tumble dryer

elsien

Ours used to do that when the condenser drawer was overfull.

sweetgirl2015

Without an earth wire the casing of the drier will become live and deadly. 

Heedtheadvice

Well hopefully you appreciate after all the posts...it is not safe to keep using it.

And your assumption that it would not work if it had a fault.....

Not true. The fault indicated by the rccb trip is not that there is no function but that electrically a current is going somewhere it should not. It is normally going to Earth via the fault such as to the chassis/case and thus back via the Earth cable.

When you disconnect that cable it will take the easiest path probably via your body - could be the very small current needed to stop your heart and that is far less than will be missed by the drier!!!

debitcardmayhem

Bearing in mind this is a moneysaving site listen to the advice given, what is the price of a life? Don't do a Donald Trump and ignore the science.

oh_really

This is a class 1 appliance meaning it requires an earth connection to be connected for your safety, please stop operating it with a disconnected protective earth conductor.

I agree with the earlier comment regarding neutral fault of some description.

Remove the plugtop until repaired.

Do not use.