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You're giving them too much credit Tel, Scousers will just use cardboard boxes ?a box is a box. when i shuffle this mortal coil, i don't care if they put me in a £500 coffin with velvet lining, or a plain box made from an old Ikea wardrobe. both will burn at a similar rate.
that's just the posh ones . most Scousers settle for a body bag and a sea burial (dumped in the Mersey on the ebb tide).You're giving them too much credit Tel, Scousers will just use cardboard boxes ?
Well as it would have been tested an FI wouldn't be required.As a matter of interest in the above scenario how would you justify that. What would be the likely danger? The test button does not work what harm can result from that?
Its the consumers only method of testing such a device. Are they to call an electrician every six months to verify its still working?
just shows that it's important to test by pressing the --- on a regular basis. i still recommend shorter interlvals than 6 months. i have a feeling that the 6 month requirement came in as customers could synchronise it with resetting the clocks twice a year. another case of pandering to numpties above safety.Well as I said above, I had a sticking test button and the RCD did not work on test. Once I had manually operated it, it worked and has been checked since and still works. Maybe I should have replaced then? After all it was a bit old, Merlin Gerin.
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