Requirements for AFDD's on new installations following amendment 2?

Jblades said:

Following the amendment to Regulation 421.1.7

This now states that AFDD protection for socket outlets and fixed current using equipment is now "required" rather than recommended.

Do you have an advance copy of Amendment 2? As has been said in other threads recently, we can't make assumptions based on what was in the Draft for Public Comment (DPC).

The time to make

Jblades said:

I was wanting to know peoples thoughts on this, as currently an RCBO/AFDD is coming in at around £100 each, meaning cost implications on new consumer units will be huge. The cost doesn't directly affect us as contractors but more the end user. This could possibly put people off the idea of upgrading their consumer unit, no matter how dangerous the existing one currently is.

This point was made at the time of the DPC, in discussion threads on the IET Forum, and elsewhere.

But yes, in my personal opinion, you do have a valid point. The same type of price considerations used to apply to RCDs, and believe it or not, it was a long road to get them accepted in the way they are now - although it's quite difficult to believe that I know.

Jblades said:

Following the amendment to Regulation 421.1.7

This now states that AFDD protection for socket outlets and fixed current using equipment is now "required" rather than recommended.

Do you have an advance copy of Amendment 2? As has been said in other threads recently, we can't make assumptions based on what was in the Draft for Public Comment (DPC).

The time to make

Jblades said:

I was wanting to know peoples thoughts on this, as currently an RCBO/AFDD is coming in at around £100 each, meaning cost implications on new consumer units will be huge. The cost doesn't directly affect us as contractors but more the end user. This could possibly put people off the idea of upgrading their consumer unit, no matter how dangerous the existing one currently is.

This point was made at the time of the DPC, in discussion threads on the IET Forum, and elsewhere.

But yes, in my personal opinion, you do have a valid point. The same type of price considerations used to apply to RCDs, and believe it or not, it was a long road to get them accepted in the way they are now - although it's quite difficult to believe that I know.