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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler
The Earth leakage trip gives NO PROTECTION WHATSOEVER if your house is on PME.
Similarly an isolating transformer is no good if it still connects the earth of the drill to the earth from the house.
Please be very careful. These things are counter intuitive and in this respect RCDs and isolating transformers can give a completely wrong feeling of safety.
David (Chartered Electrical Engineer)
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Exactly! That's why I was particularly 'pushing' the generator as ultimately the safest way to run these tools
