If it still trips then it is either a N-E fault or more likely the RCD picking up the smart meter's RF. But that also removes some of the antenna effect, so if it stops tripping it is not the same as proving it is not RF, if that makes sense.
Updated on 10/07/24 by Abby_OVO Smart meters should not interfere with the consumer unit causing your power to trip however there is speculation that certain RCD or RCBO units (particularly if not adequately earthed) may trip if too close to the meter .
RCD's are electrically connected between the meter and the fusebox even if it's incorporated in the fusebox so the meter shouldn't affect it's operation. It's there to protect the household wiring There is no reason why a smart meter would trip an RCD. It's either faulty wiring (perhaps damp in the electrics), or an appliance gone bad.
I've read that smart meters do cause issues, and am thinking that during the installation of the meter, that maybe parts on the fuse box - such as the RCD - were affected somehow. The engineers who installed the smart meter will not cover the cost of the RCD and my landlord will not cover the cost b/c it was my decision to put in a smart meter.
Straight away the engineer said that it’ll be the smart meter causing the RCD box to trip. He proved it by calling head office and asking a colleague to take a reading. When they did, it tripped. He ended up moving the smart part of the meter as far away on the board as he could and it hasn’t tripped since.
Obviously isolate, and do a risk assessment first etc. Smart meters can have fairly powerful WAN transmitters and even GSM transmitters which could cause issues with RCD's if in very close proximity. the only way to cause an imbalance on a downstream RCD is to cause a leak from one of its outgoing live conductors.
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