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Advice Please - Mains cartridge fused Isolator switch or MCB and isolator Switch.

Former Community Member
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I manage a residential mobile home park with homes that individually have mains supply TT coming to a meter box recessed into a breeze block shed. The tails then come from the meter into the shed and into an old style bakelite rewireable 40a fused isolator switch. There is then an outgoing 10mm SWA cable running from the isolator switch underground from the shed to the home and then into the consumer unit for the home (total run approx. 8 to 10 metres). Having had an EICR for one of the homes I have been adviced that these isolator switches will need to be replaced as the swa cable is not properly terminated (it is not glanded in to the isolator switch and the wire stranded sheathing is twisted together and connected to the earth block.) My question is can this isolator switch be replaced with an 18th edition 3 way metal enclosure with double pole isolator switch and 40a mcb or should it be replaced with a 60a (or 40a) cartridge fused double poled mains isolator switch. Additionally would it a be a good idea to put a 60a RCD into the shed and either use a five way enclosure (in place of 3 way enclosure) or a 2 way enclosure fed from the cartridge isolator switch. All the homes have a standard consumer unit containing either a 60a or 80a RCD and 3 to 5 suitable MCB's (32a, 16a, 6a).
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  • Section 708 of B.S. 7671 ( Reg. 708.1 Note 3) says that for residential park homes they are covered by the general requirements of B.S. 7671 together with the relevant particular requirements of Part 7. Section 708 covers circuits intended to supply leisure accommodation vehicles, tents or residential park homes in caravan parks camping parks and similar locations.  I gather that these are static homes. Is that correct? For isolation double pole switches are required.


    Each residential park home shall have an individual 30mA R.C.D. for its final fixed circuit. The final circuit is from the consumer metering point  to the consumer and not the distribution circuit to the connection/metering point. This shall be double pole. This shall be accessible to the consumer. 


    A fixed connection to supply a residential park home shall be individually protected by an overcurrent protective device in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 43.


    Z.
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  • Section 708 of B.S. 7671 ( Reg. 708.1 Note 3) says that for residential park homes they are covered by the general requirements of B.S. 7671 together with the relevant particular requirements of Part 7. Section 708 covers circuits intended to supply leisure accommodation vehicles, tents or residential park homes in caravan parks camping parks and similar locations.  I gather that these are static homes. Is that correct? For isolation double pole switches are required.


    Each residential park home shall have an individual 30mA R.C.D. for its final fixed circuit. The final circuit is from the consumer metering point  to the consumer and not the distribution circuit to the connection/metering point. This shall be double pole. This shall be accessible to the consumer. 


    A fixed connection to supply a residential park home shall be individually protected by an overcurrent protective device in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 43.


    Z.
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