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How to wire up a consumer unit

A semi-detached house has a prehistoric fuse box with rewirable ceramic fuses. It will shortly be replaced with a modern consumer unit. The existing circuits are:



 



1. Lights



2. Upstairs sockets



3. Downstairs sockets



4. Kitchen sockets



5. Cooker



6. Shower



 



The following circuits will be added to the consumer unit:



 



7. Central heating



8. Burglar alarm and CCTV



9. Outside lights



 



I have been informed that the best choice is a split load consumer unit with two RCDs and space for RCBOs. My intention is that circuit 8 has its own RCBO but what is the optimal way to allocate circuits to RCD A and RCD B? Also, should any other circuits have their own RCBO?


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  • The purpose of 30mA/40msecs earth leakage protection is to provide personnel protection in the event of contact with live parts.  So the ten RCBOs installed will still provide the required personnel protection to each circuit, even though the summed earth leakage may well exceed 30mA.


    Regards,


              Colin Jenkins.
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  • The purpose of 30mA/40msecs earth leakage protection is to provide personnel protection in the event of contact with live parts.  So the ten RCBOs installed will still provide the required personnel protection to each circuit, even though the summed earth leakage may well exceed 30mA.


    Regards,


              Colin Jenkins.
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