AJJewsbury:
I liked the 'specially labelled socket for a specific piece of equipment' in the 17th AM3 because it makes sense in scenarios like this, particularly for those who work from home with a home workshop or multiple pieces of IT equipment.
But if the cluster of IT equipment was in danger of tripping a 30mA RCD in normal service then the leakage would have to be 15mA or above and then you're well into high protective conductor current territory and a BS 1363 socket is then verbotten.
A debatable solution is to remove the upfront RCD and replace it with as many BS8277 30mA RCD protected socket outlets as are required to spread the leakage or identify the actual problem.
Indeed debatable - as the 18th lists RCD types that are acceptable for additional protection - and BS 8277 isn't one of them. (Although there is a theory that that's just an oversight - I presume no-one's had any reassurance from the IET on that score yet?)
- Andy.
AJJewsbury:
I liked the 'specially labelled socket for a specific piece of equipment' in the 17th AM3 because it makes sense in scenarios like this, particularly for those who work from home with a home workshop or multiple pieces of IT equipment.
But if the cluster of IT equipment was in danger of tripping a 30mA RCD in normal service then the leakage would have to be 15mA or above and then you're well into high protective conductor current territory and a BS 1363 socket is then verbotten.
A debatable solution is to remove the upfront RCD and replace it with as many BS8277 30mA RCD protected socket outlets as are required to spread the leakage or identify the actual problem.
Indeed debatable - as the 18th lists RCD types that are acceptable for additional protection - and BS 8277 isn't one of them. (Although there is a theory that that's just an oversight - I presume no-one's had any reassurance from the IET on that score yet?)
- Andy.
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