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Pedantic semantics for earth fault

Hi All



I'm reviewing some of our documentation and it says "a 30 mA earth leakage circuit breaker" should be used.



Earth leakage breakers as such are no longer used, having been replaced with residual current devices.  What wording do you think I should use?  It seems to me that the fault to be detected is still "earth leakage" even if the device uses "residual current" as the detection method.  So would I be correct to say "earth leakage fault protection, at a level of 30 mA"?



Thanks



Stephen
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  • Thanks, minimalist and accurate.  



    I hate redudancy, when people repeat what they just said using the same words, which are the synonyms of those already used previously.



    Stephen
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  • Thanks, minimalist and accurate.  



    I hate redudancy, when people repeat what they just said using the same words, which are the synonyms of those already used previously.



    Stephen
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