[quote user="desmo"] So, overall, it's absolutely incredible that these 'normal' disjoncteurs are the accepted norm, when the automatically resetting type would resolve all of these issues.[/quote] [quote user="AnOther"] In any case an automatic reset rather defeats the object, remember the prime purpose of the disjoncteur is to protect within the property and if a fault develops there which causes it to trip having it automatically reset itself is not really the best idea is it ? [/quote] I, too, have been wondering about the apparent inability of some people to think things through, AnO. So your visiting small grandchild sticks its finger into a mains socket, but fortunately the differential trip (let's use the correct terms, eh.) operates, and disconnects the power before any serious harm is done. But then, in desmo's ideal world, the trip keeps resetting until the child is tits up. Perfick[:D]