Re: Sparky's Magic Fusebox
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is it normal for something that happens in the kitchen to trip the whole building
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Yes. Older buildings had each circuit protected with their own current breaker (or fuses in really old boards), but with only the main breaker having been upgraded to a "modern" RCB. Therefore an earth leakage fault would trip that one and only RCB but not any other breaker, thus cutting power to the whole building.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
