RCD requirments

[Blademan_98]

It's funny, I have owned a house for 29 years but never had an RCD
My current house does have MCBs but sadly no RCD!
Perhaps I should upgrade my CU to a nice shiney metal one

 

[telectrix]

It's funny, I have owned a house for 29 years but never had an RCD
My current house does have MCBs but sadly no RCD!
Perhaps I should upgrade my CU to a nice shiney metal one

and while you're at it, fabricate a non-combustible, i.e. ferrous metal cabinet for your chip pan. according to statistics, 50 x more house fires are caused by chip pans igniting than by plastic CUs.

 

[Risteard]

later amendments to 16th stipulated RCD protection for sockets for general use.

I don't think that's right. I think it remained as socket outlets likely to be used to supply equipment outdoors.

I could easily check my blue copy of the 16th (the same as the brown one except it doesn't contain the harmonised colours change), but unfortunately I'm too lazy at the minute!

 

[Blademan_98]

and while you're at it, fabricate a non-combustible, i.e. ferrous metal cabinet for your chip pan. according to statistics, 50 x more house fires are caused by chip pans igniting than by plastic CUs.

Think I will stay in bed, unless this is now deemed unsafe?

 

[telectrix]

all depends if you smoke in bed. i once asked a bird if she smoked in bed. she said "don't know, I've never looked"

 

[Risteard]

OK. Felt bad about being lazy.

16th Edition (BS 7671:2001)

471-16 Supplies for portable equipment outdoors

474-16-01 A socket-outlet rated at 32A or less which may reasonably be expected to supply portable equipment for use outdoors shall be provided with supplementary protection to reduce the risk associated with direct contact by means of a residual current device having the characteristics specified in Regulation 412-06-02(ii).

This regulation does not apply to a socket-outlet supplied by a circuit incorporating one or more of the protective measures specified in items (i) to (iii) below and complying with the Regulations indicated:

(i) protection by SELV (see Regulations 411-02 and 471-02)
(ii) protection by electrical separation (see Regulations 413-06 and 471-12)
(iii) protection by automatic disconnection and reduced low voltage systems (see Regulation 471-15).

 

[Deleted member 72666]

OK. Felt bad about being lazy.

16th Edition (BS 7671:2001)

471-16 Supplies for portable equipment outdoors

474-16-01 A socket-outlet rated at 32A or less which may reasonably be expected to supply portable equipment for use outdoors shall be provided with supplementary protection to reduce the risk associated with direct contact by means of a residual current device having the characteristics specified in Regulation 412-06-02(ii).

This regulation does not apply to a socket-outlet supplied by a circuit incorporating one or more of the protective measures specified in items (i) to (iii) below and complying with the Regulations indicated:

(i) protection by SELV (see Regulations 411-02 and 471-02)
(ii) protection by electrical separation (see Regulations 413-06 and 471-12)
(iii) protection by automatic disconnection and reduced low voltage systems (see Regulation 471-15).

I gave you a 'like' for that

 

[Risteard]

I gave you a 'like' for that

Very generous!

 

[Gardner]

ii is basically a local IT supply?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

No, not really, more like 110V.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Who still has a chip pan tel. Not seen one since I left my mums 20 years ago lol