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RCD socket outlet.

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Hi all,
Any comments on this one most welcome!
A customer wants me to replace an existing one gang 13 amp socket outlet with a double.
The problem is that there's no rcd protection there, so i'm thinking that as I am in effect adding a socket outlet I should fit an rcd protected one?
If I were replacing like for like it wouldn't bother me at all but the fact it's going to be a double makes me think an rcd protected one is the thing to do, just seems a bit ott to fit one rcd protected socket when there are probably 20 others that aren't rcd'd!
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    I`m glad you all laughed UKPN I think the rest of us would laugh too (or cry perhaps).


    In fact I once had an industrial electrician claim that he had it on good authority that the RCDs we all love and use need only work 5 times then they could fail and that would be a pass as far as the RCD standard was concerned so you`d need to buy a new one after 5 trips, therefore you should never test them because you`d be using up some usefull RCD life.


    Long live folklore I`m afraid?



    In fact another one, this time burglar alarms.

    One evening on TV there was a prog about alarms and during that there was a mention about alarm deterent value and how if you had such an alarm it was more likely they`d choose not you but move onto someone else nearby instead.

    Next day a bloke at work told my Dad I should not fit burglar alarms because it increased the chances of my neighbours down the street being burgled ( much as to say it would draw burglars into the area). I suppose that strictly logically he was not completely incorrect but I feel he`d missed the whole point of the mention
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    I`m glad you all laughed UKPN I think the rest of us would laugh too (or cry perhaps).


    In fact I once had an industrial electrician claim that he had it on good authority that the RCDs we all love and use need only work 5 times then they could fail and that would be a pass as far as the RCD standard was concerned so you`d need to buy a new one after 5 trips, therefore you should never test them because you`d be using up some usefull RCD life.


    Long live folklore I`m afraid?



    In fact another one, this time burglar alarms.

    One evening on TV there was a prog about alarms and during that there was a mention about alarm deterent value and how if you had such an alarm it was more likely they`d choose not you but move onto someone else nearby instead.

    Next day a bloke at work told my Dad I should not fit burglar alarms because it increased the chances of my neighbours down the street being burgled ( much as to say it would draw burglars into the area). I suppose that strictly logically he was not completely incorrect but I feel he`d missed the whole point of the mention
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