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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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    ebee:

    "Aren’t the SRCD trip times faster?


    Andy B. I`m not sure that this is the case.


    Our old BS for RCDs was within 200ms at x1 wheras the EN we now all use is within 300ms at x1, which in itself makes our old standard appear superior.

    However I find that in practice all of the functioning RCDs I`ve tested trip well within those times of both standards. In fact if I found one that approached say 90ms area I would be very alarmed as I once was when a pal of mine tested two RCDs on a connected circuit. We soon established the number of fridges/freezers running to be skewing the results.


    Anyone else concour or disagree (mine is only a limited sample)?




    I have double 13 Amp socket R.C.D.s in my kitchen. I have just tested one and it trips off at 8mS on both half cycles, at a 30mA test. I am perfectly happy to use them. I believe that they are the B.G. make.


    Z.

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    ebee:

    "Aren’t the SRCD trip times faster?


    Andy B. I`m not sure that this is the case.


    Our old BS for RCDs was within 200ms at x1 wheras the EN we now all use is within 300ms at x1, which in itself makes our old standard appear superior.

    However I find that in practice all of the functioning RCDs I`ve tested trip well within those times of both standards. In fact if I found one that approached say 90ms area I would be very alarmed as I once was when a pal of mine tested two RCDs on a connected circuit. We soon established the number of fridges/freezers running to be skewing the results.


    Anyone else concour or disagree (mine is only a limited sample)?




    I have double 13 Amp socket R.C.D.s in my kitchen. I have just tested one and it trips off at 8mS on both half cycles, at a 30mA test. I am perfectly happy to use them. I believe that they are the B.G. make.


    Z.

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