RCD on existing circuits

[Snapester]

Hi guys, been doing some work on a kitchen the CU is a Crabtree Starbreaker Board which has no RCD! As we all know installing to current regs requires the install of RCD?
The kitchen is fed via two circuits one radial and the other side on the ring final, the board cannot take RCBO's that i know and the only way i see of doing this is to install a separate enclosure housing an RCD and two MCB's covering the circuits in question.

What are you ideas or how have you guys gotten over this issue?

Thank

 

[Guitarist]

Have you tried contacting crabtree and asking them ?

 

[telectrix]

i've got a couple of starbreaker boards for spares. both have RCDs, if you can post a pic of trhe board that you have, they may be compatible.

 

[Snapester]

This is the board in question.

 

[telectrix]

similar to those i got. trhe RCDs take up 2 module spaces though. would leave you short of space, unless you were to replace the main sw with RCD and have up front RCD, not the best way, but cheap. i'll dig the things out later and post a pic.

 

[Snapester]

I didnt think you were permitted to change the main switch to RCD? It was something i had thought about?

 

[telectrix]

you would fall foul of the division of circuits to minimise inconvenience due to a fault tripping all circuits out. end of the day, it's your call as to what the customer will pay for.