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RCD

Kenneth Fereday
My flats has just been inspected and I have been advised I need to have an RCD fitted. The flat is approx 30 years old and just has normal fuse board. IDo I need to have an RCD fitted or is this just a preference. ie is it now a legal requirement?


Thanks for any advice.
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    Out of interest which domestic sockets do not need RCD protection.

    I guess the obvious one is one for shavers fed from a safey isolating transformer (although if it's in a bathroom the circuit supplying the primary will likely still need 30mA RCD protection). I guess if anyone has any d.c. sockets (off-grid) or ELV systems they wouldn't be covered either (USB sockets?).


    I could be provokative and say a socket supplied by a length of loose flex - but I guess you'd say that doesn't meet the definition of a socket so is a trick answer.


       - Andy.
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    Out of interest which domestic sockets do not need RCD protection.

    I guess the obvious one is one for shavers fed from a safey isolating transformer (although if it's in a bathroom the circuit supplying the primary will likely still need 30mA RCD protection). I guess if anyone has any d.c. sockets (off-grid) or ELV systems they wouldn't be covered either (USB sockets?).


    I could be provokative and say a socket supplied by a length of loose flex - but I guess you'd say that doesn't meet the definition of a socket so is a trick answer.


       - Andy.
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