Electrical Regs in Ireland (Dublin)

Having just done Berlin, it seems that each circuit did one socket, and I rightly, or wrongly, added one socket in a radial fashion using BS8436.

Humm - I wonder what the Germans think of non-harmonized non-German cable being used? (Possibly a bit like people using SY here...?)


BS 8436 is probably OK in Ireland though - if I understand correctly it'll meet their standard IS 273.


Others here will know better than me the details of the Irish regs - but from what I gather they're historically based on UK regs (hence allowing BS 1363 style sockets) but have drifted a little more towards continental practice in recent years. The last I heard rings were still permitted, but radials were perhaps more fashionable. Reduced c.s.a. and bare c.p.c.s are now out (they have their own version of T&E now with an insulated full size c.p.c.). I think they might allow shucko sockets too (but UK style ones are still popular) and are (or were) ahead of us in demanding 30mA RCDs for supplementary protection where we'd still permit it to be omitted. They do seem to have an odd requirement for CUs to have a fuse on the incomer (usually 63A).


   - Andy.

Having just done Berlin, it seems that each circuit did one socket, and I rightly, or wrongly, added one socket in a radial fashion using BS8436.

Humm - I wonder what the Germans think of non-harmonized non-German cable being used? (Possibly a bit like people using SY here...?)


BS 8436 is probably OK in Ireland though - if I understand correctly it'll meet their standard IS 273.


Others here will know better than me the details of the Irish regs - but from what I gather they're historically based on UK regs (hence allowing BS 1363 style sockets) but have drifted a little more towards continental practice in recent years. The last I heard rings were still permitted, but radials were perhaps more fashionable. Reduced c.s.a. and bare c.p.c.s are now out (they have their own version of T&E now with an insulated full size c.p.c.). I think they might allow shucko sockets too (but UK style ones are still popular) and are (or were) ahead of us in demanding 30mA RCDs for supplementary protection where we'd still permit it to be omitted. They do seem to have an odd requirement for CUs to have a fuse on the incomer (usually 63A).


   - Andy.