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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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    It seems to me that the reason this subject is so topical now is because the old BS7288 has only just ceased to be current.

    BS7288 2016 says, 'SRCDs are intended for use in circuits where the fault protection and additional protection are already assured upstream of the SRCD.' 

    BS7288 1990 has only just ceased to be current (30 Nov 2019)

    BS7671 has never listed BS7288 as being suitable additional protection.

    BS7288 products have improved their testing standards but still do not match the standard applied to BSEN 61008.

    Quite why it has taken 30 years to have the blinkers removed on this subject, despite questions through the ages, is beyond me.

    A big shout out to John Peckham for his valuable insights.


    Having said that, I wouldn't want to see a decline in use of SRCD's.
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    It seems to me that the reason this subject is so topical now is because the old BS7288 has only just ceased to be current.

    BS7288 2016 says, 'SRCDs are intended for use in circuits where the fault protection and additional protection are already assured upstream of the SRCD.' 

    BS7288 1990 has only just ceased to be current (30 Nov 2019)

    BS7671 has never listed BS7288 as being suitable additional protection.

    BS7288 products have improved their testing standards but still do not match the standard applied to BSEN 61008.

    Quite why it has taken 30 years to have the blinkers removed on this subject, despite questions through the ages, is beyond me.

    A big shout out to John Peckham for his valuable insights.


    Having said that, I wouldn't want to see a decline in use of SRCD's.
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