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






    The vast majority of RCDs I have tested that were in spec have tripped at less than 30mS at 30mA and at 150mA. 


    I will keep on installing RCD protected SFCUs and sockets where the customer is not prepared to pay for or cannot afford the work to provide additional protection on a circuit. I recently put an IP rated RCD double socket in an old unused milking parlour to replace a damaged double socket. It is used to supply equipment outside, the supply is PME and the parlour is full of nice earthy metalwork not to mention the damp walls. I am happy I left it safer than before. I know the farmer would not pay to have his various old TP distribution boards TTd and RCD protection put in if I were to try and comply with 7671.

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






    The vast majority of RCDs I have tested that were in spec have tripped at less than 30mS at 30mA and at 150mA. 


    I will keep on installing RCD protected SFCUs and sockets where the customer is not prepared to pay for or cannot afford the work to provide additional protection on a circuit. I recently put an IP rated RCD double socket in an old unused milking parlour to replace a damaged double socket. It is used to supply equipment outside, the supply is PME and the parlour is full of nice earthy metalwork not to mention the damp walls. I am happy I left it safer than before. I know the farmer would not pay to have his various old TP distribution boards TTd and RCD protection put in if I were to try and comply with 7671.

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