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V.O.E.L.C.B.

It dawned on me fully today while working in an old holiday chalet circa 1940s.


The man in the next chalet was trying to use his old Black and Decker 1970s car boot sourced electric drill outside on the grass. He was making a wooden clothes hanger with wood and pegs. A jolly good job too.


I had had a quick look inside his chalet as he needs some new sockets. The  fuse box is an old cream coloured Wylex 6 way unit with fuse wire carriers. There is an old Crabtree V.O.E.L.C.B. installed before the fuse box.


As he worked in the garden drilling wood, it dawned on me that he had zero shock protection as he would if he had a R.C.C.B. installed.


It's strange how a picture speaks a thousand words.


Z.


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  • The electricians who installed the VOELCBs seventy years ago put far more consideration into installing earth rods than today’s electricians do, as the earthing was far more critical back then.


    It is time to replace that old VOELCB with a far more reliable RCD that is less dependent on sound earthing, particularly out in the areas where homes are on sand and gravel, which includes where I live on the second alluvial plain of the River Severn.
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  • The electricians who installed the VOELCBs seventy years ago put far more consideration into installing earth rods than today’s electricians do, as the earthing was far more critical back then.


    It is time to replace that old VOELCB with a far more reliable RCD that is less dependent on sound earthing, particularly out in the areas where homes are on sand and gravel, which includes where I live on the second alluvial plain of the River Severn.
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