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Underfloor Bus Bar Systems

Bob Cowie
The Definition in the Regulations for a Socket states " A Device, provided with Female Contacts, which is intended to be installed with the fixed wiring, and intended to receive a plug. A Luminaire track system is not regarded as a socket-outlet system"

From the above it would be my understanding that the Tap-Offs on an underfloor Bus Bar system are considered to be sockets. The exclusion of Luminaire track systems also appears to support this viewpoint as it infers that power Underfloor Bus Bar should be classed as sockets.
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    What's the actual issue here? (other than semantics) RCD protection presumably?


    I would argue that the connection points on a busbar are not socket-outlets as we would normally refer to them as they are not designed to accept a BS 1363 or BS EN 60309 plug. They may well still be described as a socket but in my view it is the much broader definition which also encompasses the attachment you put on a wrench to make it a 'socket wrench' or half a shoulder joint.


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    What's the actual issue here? (other than semantics) RCD protection presumably?


    I would argue that the connection points on a busbar are not socket-outlets as we would normally refer to them as they are not designed to accept a BS 1363 or BS EN 60309 plug. They may well still be described as a socket but in my view it is the much broader definition which also encompasses the attachment you put on a wrench to make it a 'socket wrench' or half a shoulder joint.


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