power cuts

[tonychitty]

with the new 17thregs requiring us to to fit rcd & rcbos etc, in the event of a power cut say while i was on holiday for example.because you have to reset the switch, when the supply is returned,there would be no power to say to my freezer or more importantly the sky+ box with 2 x weeks of home & away the misus would go ballistic,i know you you could put the freezer on a integral cct,or does no one think this is a problem ,it would be if you lived in rural areas with a TT system with the main isolator being a rcd,or areas with lots of power outages.

 

[Steve1412]

Does rcd/rcbo switch off in power failure. The ones I have used in the past don't or am I out of touch with these?

 

[claire_r]

They would only trip off in the event of a fault on the circuit for the house, they wouldnt trip off if there is a power cut. So when power is restored from the supplier it would all go back on.


Anyone know any different? I have been to lots of houses with power cuts and nothing has tripped off!


If you are going on holiday unplug everything you dont need to lessen the earth leakage =0)

 

[acvc]

That's nice advice about reducing potential for earth leakage while you're away! I like that claire r. Lesser mortals like me would not have thought of that.

 

[Mac]

or more importantly the sky+ box with 2 x weeks of home & away the misus would go ballistic.
Get someone else to tape it is the only option