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    Lighting with no rcd

    HI guys, just wondering if I can pick some brains. Going to install a loft light and switch off a lighting circuit and the circuit don't have rcd protection, as cables are on surface I don't believe Rcd is needed. What I am doubting myself a little with is my work mate says I need to install...
  2. C

    16th edition cu no rcd

    Hello, my my mother in law wants an outdoor light fitted to her installation. Only issue is her Consumer unit is 16th edition and has no RCD protection at all. i don't want to do a CU change as that would mean a whole install test and the time to fit the CU can you get RCBO for main incoming...
  3. J

    eicr on premsis with no rcd

    I know u just put it down as a code 3 but do u put down ads or eebads or is it always ads now??
  4. B

    EICR in a commercial premises, no RCD protection

    we are currently completing an EICR on a currently redundant ambulance station soon to be re-opened. The budget for the works is very tight after reading the scope, the PC for the job has said if items do not need upgrading then do not do them. the scope stats the consumer units should be...
  5. P

    farm (grain drier)with no rcd on sockets

    Hi We do alot of work on quite a large farm and always fit iP rated sockets etc all with 30ma rcd protection both 3 ph and 1ph.. They have had a new grain drier shed built and it has been wired by another contractor due to time limits we could not complie to. When we have looked around we have...
  6. C

    No rcd or rcbos on domestic installation

    Doing eicr on a domestic installation Every thing is looking and testing fine on lacking rcd on circuits not even on power should it be a c3..not to 17th And therefore satisfactory or c1 c2 and unsatisfactory the installation is about 20 years etc
  7. M

    Supply to submain no rcd.

    I've been asked to do some minor alterations to an out house which is supplied from CU in main house. Now the new CU in outhouse has RCD protected circuits but the supply from main house is not RCD protected. The cable is a 20m run in hightuf clipped to outside wall clearly visible. Should I put...
  8. M

    Adding spots. No RCD

    If I change a single pendant to spot lights and all cables are concealed in ceiling void there's no need for me to have to fit RCD to socket is there? There are cables concealed in wall obviously on circuit... Wall lights, switches etc. but as I'm not touching them is it my responsibility to add...
  9. D

    No RCD in place..

    Hi all, I have a question for you regarding UK law and RCD protection on radial circuits in a domestic property. My mother lives in a council owned house which was converted from an old TB hospital in the 1960s. All circuits in the property are radial not ring. The property wiring is pre...
  10. P

    Work on a 3036 no Rcd installation

    Any advice appreciated If all ok after pre work survey am I ok to simply replace accessories on this installation without adding rcd protection if the customer won't go for it? (I get the firm impression over the phone he won't) Work involves replacing some floods on an outside wall, okey...
  11. michaelw6

    new builds with no rcd protection?!?

    i have recently been into a couple of property's which are apartments with no rcd protection. there are about 40 of these apartments in this block all of which i assume are the same. i have checked the main incomer which just goes through an isolator and 80a mcb to the apartment with two...
  12. E

    Industrial place with 3 phase board, no RCD protection, does it pass?

    I get confused with this. am I right in saying, anything that was according to the old regs which is not in the current regs passes the EICR. Do I have to mention this as a C3 improvement recommended on the EICR. Its for insurance purposes. the new forms ask for too much...
  13. T

    Domestic - 3 distribution boxes, no RCD? sorry, still fresh out the classroom.....

    Getting my bulletproof vest on ready to be shot down in flames, but here goes.... Went out for (what I'd thought) a straightforward swap of a 6A MCB at a small (2 MCB garage style) distribution box. Looking to isolate I was expecting to find the small d/b wired from another MCB in the main CU...
  14. spud1

    No RCD protection for socket outlets rated 32A or greater

    Hi Guys, Can somebody shed any light on why socket outlets rated at 32Amps or greater do not require RCD protection under BS7671? Presumably theres some maths behind it? And presumably the only exception is in a TT earthing System? Cheers chaps
  15. cashnotakite

    TT system but no RCD as main switch

    hi, need some help with this one; I'm testing a board that is TT but doesn't have an RCD as main switch, it has a standard 100A switch disconnector (60947-3). However, every circuit in the installation is RCBO protected. Is this ok? Just to make matters a little more awkward the supply cable...
  16. D

    no bonding no rcd and she only whats a small job done

    asked to quote for putting in a humidistat fan in bathroom and two outside lights but... old board, 16mm tails, no rcd; no bonds to gas or water when i said you need earthing in place and the work i carry out will need a rcd garage unit as its work outside and in a bathroom which is all going...
  17. A

    recommendations for no rcd protection

    hi all i am currently carrying out a periodic inspection on a commercial property that is not operated by skilled or supervised person and has no rcd protection to any circuits. i was wondering what recommendations i would give to the client, whether they would need rcd protection on all...
  18. M

    Domestic PIR No RCD - can I / can't I?

    Evening all! Quick domestic PIR question. I have been asked to PIR on a home for a friend of mine. The installation is perfectly sound throughout the home. Lighting is split into 2 circuits, there are a total of 5 ring finals for the sockets as extensions / loft conversions have been added...
  19. N

    No RCD for bathroom

    Hi I have been asked to install downlights in a bathroom and have checked the CU which is split but must be 16th as all the sockets and immersion are RCD protected and all the lights separate smokes and the cooker are not . I have one spare way. Easy option is RCBO's for unprotected circuits. It...
  20. B

    PIR code for no RCD

    Hello All Could some one please tell what code i should use for a PIR on a commercial premises, bakers shop, where there is no RCD Thanks

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