All Hail the MIGHTY Lidl Boiler

At 10 pages long and over 6000 views I think this thread is well preservedcrafty john wrote: It might be interesting to start a preserving thread, what do you all think folks?
interesting guess! - The thermostate cannot "generate" any of it's own voltage (current) that comes from the incoming mains supply. Nor should any of the power ever reach earth or get sent to earth - if it did so then this would mean the mains electricity is shorting to earth somewhere and causing the RCD to trip (in which case the applience is dangerous) - but this is unlikely seeing as it rund fine until you turn the main switch off.oldbloke wrote:So, my guess is it only trips the breaker if you turn the thermo down well below the temp it's at, as I did yesterday, and switch off. The thermostat generates a voltage coz the content is higher than the setting, and this has to go somewhere: if you've switched off it'll get sent to earth, and trips your breaker.