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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 did look at the IET Guidance Note and Graham is acknowledged for his contributions on page 6, So has a far more detailed knowledge of its contents than the rest of us.


    In the GN it actually says:

    13.2.1

    The effect of applying main protective bonding is most noticeable in TT systems.


    Going back to the discussion, a RCD won’t protect you from faults upstream of it, so the earthing and bonding needs to be sound to reduce touch voltages downstream of the RCD from faults up or down stream of it.


    You don’t want anyone to die in the bathroom because there is a faulty electric heater in a bedroom, has as happened.


     Andy Betteridge 


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    I did look at the IET Guidance Note and Graham is acknowledged for his contributions on page 6, So has a far more detailed knowledge of its contents than the rest of us.


    In the GN it actually says:

    13.2.1

    The effect of applying main protective bonding is most noticeable in TT systems.


    Going back to the discussion, a RCD won’t protect you from faults upstream of it, so the earthing and bonding needs to be sound to reduce touch voltages downstream of the RCD from faults up or down stream of it.


    You don’t want anyone to die in the bathroom because there is a faulty electric heater in a bedroom, has as happened.


     Andy Betteridge 


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