Demonstration of an AFDD by wylex

[Gavin John Hyde]

Saw this on youtube part of the GSH channel. Probably the best video to demonstrate an AFDD in use I have seen as of yet, It is a Wylex one and no doubt pricey, i could see the time in a few years where the AFDD and rcbo will all be incorporated into 2 modules and each circuit protected by one of the combined devices.

 

[Midwest]

Are you a Brexiter

 

[freddo]

ou have to look at the difference in wiring practices between the US and the UK. Wrap around terminals are commonplace as are push in terminals, and then there are the fire wire nuts.

Don't forget the widespread use of aluminium cable, which corrodes causing arcing. Something rarely used here. Which is why we do not need AFDDs here.

 

[Strima]

Top left corner of the video, cover is on upside down...

Back on topic, AFDD is an impressive bit of kit however the current cost of them and their possible associated test equipment will be prohibitive for a lot of those working in the domestic sector. As for commercial and industrial the costs will be passed onto customers via price hikes so yet again Joe Bloggs on the street is paying up.

 

[mydigitalhome]

Arc protection will help the idiots who insist on buying counterfeit items, or the manf. trying to reach an impossible price point to satisfy a market who want junk. As they say people want to pay the least they can get away with. People don’t think that cheap charger from the market is bad or could kill them, it will never happen to me attitude. People buy junk and expect it to last a lifetime that dodgy electrical cert. well it’s only for the file no one really checks them do they? Have a go sparks well he watched someone on YouTube do it that way so must be ok. People want the savings and when it all goes wrong it must be someone elses fault never their own, must be someone else to blame so they can make a claim. What a deluded world we live in what a mess. Time for a brandy.