Ragnar,
With respect to 30mA RCD's.
The fact of the matter is, that refrigeration equipment manufacturers, cannot reduce the leakage current from the compressor motor enough to satisfy anyone here that a fridge or other such appliance on an RCD supplied circuit.
Why this is Ragnar, is because the actual motor and the compressor unit are in a hermetically sealed unit, as in together.
Now, here is the sticking point, a Fuse or MCB will (or should) carry the in-rush current to start the system.
Now, in a sealed system, that should run forever.
But wait, what say that the system ices up because (in an A/C system) the person using it runs it too hard?.
(Expecting 30C out of a split system on a -10C morning is a bit much).
The more you work a refrigeration system the higher the leakage currents.
Usually the currents are in the Nano-amps, but once you leave a fridge or a freezer during the middle of summer, then it will trip an RCD .
Nothing annoys me more than hearing from a Home-owner, that the company that installed the fridge moved the wire over in the switchboard, "It took all our protection away!".
Idiots.
