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The Value of R.C.D.s

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There have been many discussions recently about R.C.D.s, whether they really are necessary, and is an installation necessarily unsafe if it is old and has no, or insufficient, R.C.D. protection.

 

Well consider this please. If you are driving and need to brake hard to save somebody from injury or death does that incident ever get reported. If you knocked somebody over due to having bad vehicle brakes then it might.

 

If an R.C.D. operates correctly and saves somebody from injury or death, does that every get reported? There may have been 10s, 100s or even thousands of cases where an R.C.D. has saved somebody from injury or death, but we will never know the numbers because of a lack of reporting of the cases.

 

Personally I like the idea of R.C.D. protection

 

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    A RCD can be a life saver, that is not in doubt, and given their cheapness these days it is hard to justify not fitting one - if only it were that easy.

    3036 board so one in tails? Well yes, but hang on! The DNO will charge you the thick end of two hundred quid for a 5 minute isolator fit before you can do that.

    Ok, a new consumer unit then? Same problem, but also now compounded by the fact that you have to pay the council (although in reality they are not the least interested) to notify it.

    You can see why a fifteen quid 100A rated double pole life saver is not fitted as often as we might like.

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    A RCD can be a life saver, that is not in doubt, and given their cheapness these days it is hard to justify not fitting one - if only it were that easy.

    3036 board so one in tails? Well yes, but hang on! The DNO will charge you the thick end of two hundred quid for a 5 minute isolator fit before you can do that.

    Ok, a new consumer unit then? Same problem, but also now compounded by the fact that you have to pay the council (although in reality they are not the least interested) to notify it.

    You can see why a fifteen quid 100A rated double pole life saver is not fitted as often as we might like.

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