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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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    weirdbeard:



    Hi John, BS 7288 wasn't listed in appendix 1 of the 2008 17th edition, and here is a related topic from ye old forum:

    https://www2.theiet.org/forums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=28346


    Would you mind explaining why this has fairly recently become an issue that you hold dearly? ps, you seem to be struggling to get your new board fitted, I have a couple of hours spare next week if you need any help :)


     


     




    BS 7288 itself has been updated.


    The current version of BS 7288 does not have the same provisions as the previous version, and, in addition, attempts, perhaps somewhat clumsily, to interpret BS 7671 using a mixture of terminology ... and further clearly says that additional protection must already be present in the circuit in which it is installed.


    So, this isn't just BS 7671 we're discussing here, but the product standard itself.

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    weirdbeard:



    Hi John, BS 7288 wasn't listed in appendix 1 of the 2008 17th edition, and here is a related topic from ye old forum:

    https://www2.theiet.org/forums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=28346


    Would you mind explaining why this has fairly recently become an issue that you hold dearly? ps, you seem to be struggling to get your new board fitted, I have a couple of hours spare next week if you need any help :)


     


     




    BS 7288 itself has been updated.


    The current version of BS 7288 does not have the same provisions as the previous version, and, in addition, attempts, perhaps somewhat clumsily, to interpret BS 7671 using a mixture of terminology ... and further clearly says that additional protection must already be present in the circuit in which it is installed.


    So, this isn't just BS 7671 we're discussing here, but the product standard itself.

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