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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!
Parents
  • I love my rcd double socket, it's been in around 2 years but so many stores sell them I can't remember where I bought it. B andQ? Wickes? Screw fix? Homebase? Tool shop? Hundreds of thousands of hardware shops all over the country. And so easy to fit, about 15 mins. Testing? The circuit feeding it, loop test 0.3, time? about 10 ms. Backed up by an MCB. Great for when I am using the mower, working on the car in the garage, the list is endless. They devices are everywhere, so many people have got them. Save you or your families life. And you dont have to walk through the house to reset yet another trip.

    Regards, UKPN
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  • I love my rcd double socket, it's been in around 2 years but so many stores sell them I can't remember where I bought it. B andQ? Wickes? Screw fix? Homebase? Tool shop? Hundreds of thousands of hardware shops all over the country. And so easy to fit, about 15 mins. Testing? The circuit feeding it, loop test 0.3, time? about 10 ms. Backed up by an MCB. Great for when I am using the mower, working on the car in the garage, the list is endless. They devices are everywhere, so many people have got them. Save you or your families life. And you dont have to walk through the house to reset yet another trip.

    Regards, UKPN
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