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IET announces new amendment to BS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations)

Hi all


Just read about this in the latest edition of Wiring Matters Magazine and thought it may be of interest!
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  • In English then

    SRCDs are intended for use in circuits where the fault protection and additional protection an RCD are already assured upstream upstream of the SRCD .




    so, pointless, unless you require to play the chance of failure game, and cascade 2  devices with poor failure rates, to have a system over all with a reasonable one.

    So if say the change of wither the 1st RCD or the second failing to trip is perhaps 5%, the chance of both failing, so long as the failure mechanisms are independent is 0.25%.

    I suspect this is not the intention.


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  • In English then

    SRCDs are intended for use in circuits where the fault protection and additional protection an RCD are already assured upstream upstream of the SRCD .




    so, pointless, unless you require to play the chance of failure game, and cascade 2  devices with poor failure rates, to have a system over all with a reasonable one.

    So if say the change of wither the 1st RCD or the second failing to trip is perhaps 5%, the chance of both failing, so long as the failure mechanisms are independent is 0.25%.

    I suspect this is not the intention.


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