Isolation requested

Former Community Member over 5 years ago

Good morning All,

I need to understand something.

I know the regulation request the isolation as requested for each electrical installations.

In the scenario where I have the distribution board close to all the electrical equipment (same room)

and each line is separated and protected by their own MCB.

Do I need to install the isolator too?

I can isolate every circuit directly from the DB?

Thank you and have a nice day

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0 Simon Barker over 5 years ago

The intention is that you can isolate the whole installation with one switch, rather than having to flip a whole bank of breakers. If there is a main switch in the distribution board, then that is the isolator. Otherwise, there should be an isolator before the DB.

If it's a DB, then that implies that it's just one part of a larger installation. In which case, is there an isolator at the origin of the supply?
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0 Simon Barker over 5 years ago

The intention is that you can isolate the whole installation with one switch, rather than having to flip a whole bank of breakers. If there is a main switch in the distribution board, then that is the isolator. Otherwise, there should be an isolator before the DB.

If it's a DB, then that implies that it's just one part of a larger installation. In which case, is there an isolator at the origin of the supply?
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