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Reliance Upon Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Devices and Machines.

There have been concerns shown about the reliability of R.C.D.s in the past, and the cruise liner Viking Sky's engines and also this......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKJRikunJw


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  • Actually, TT is one of the situations where equipotential bonding can work best. Where you have comparatively low earth fault currents you end up with a low voltage difference (e.g. between exposed- and extraneous-conductive-parts) - so a much reduced shock risk, even if ADS doesn't operate promptly (either by design - e.g. large or distribution circuits, or due to faulty protective device).







    I'd qualify that, for an indoor TT installation - for one with lots of earthed metal outside - petrol stations, lampposts etc the situation is more like the outdoor EV charging case that gets so complicated - if there is a fault and the RCD fails to trip, the situation becomes un-avoidably dangerous.  Even with the rebar grids earthed under concrete floors becoming live grids under concrete, while it may help reduce the risk of shock in a warehouse, does not really make it safer if this is outdoors. In such a  case less bonding may be safer than more, in the very rare  event of fault and an RCD failure.


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  • Actually, TT is one of the situations where equipotential bonding can work best. Where you have comparatively low earth fault currents you end up with a low voltage difference (e.g. between exposed- and extraneous-conductive-parts) - so a much reduced shock risk, even if ADS doesn't operate promptly (either by design - e.g. large or distribution circuits, or due to faulty protective device).







    I'd qualify that, for an indoor TT installation - for one with lots of earthed metal outside - petrol stations, lampposts etc the situation is more like the outdoor EV charging case that gets so complicated - if there is a fault and the RCD fails to trip, the situation becomes un-avoidably dangerous.  Even with the rebar grids earthed under concrete floors becoming live grids under concrete, while it may help reduce the risk of shock in a warehouse, does not really make it safer if this is outdoors. In such a  case less bonding may be safer than more, in the very rare  event of fault and an RCD failure.


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