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Explain why RCDs fitted into extension leads or incorporated into plugs are forbidden

this question is inside a mentor guide at the place i work for someone to be signed off as a fully competent electrician.

none of us can think of any reason why this may be the case, can anyone else?

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  • I am not aware of any specific prohibition.

    Some local authorities may ban them, but they make up their own rules some of which are very odd indeed. Examples that I have met include

    Only blue "safety cable" to be used outdoors.

    Self contained emergency lights to be wired in MICC.

    All outdoor temporary lighting to be 110 volt.

    Only plugs and sockets with "safety fuses" to be used.

    No single phase outlets within 2 M of those on other phases.

    No three phase in areas with children present.

    No outdoor events in places near high voltage overhead lines, or in practice near near ANY overhead wires, including phone lines.

    And one specific one, during a recent solar eclipse it was decreed that this should only be watched on TV for "safety" it was then further decreed that those watching the TV images had to wear dark glasses. CANT HAVE TOO MUCH SAFETY.

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  • I am not aware of any specific prohibition.

    Some local authorities may ban them, but they make up their own rules some of which are very odd indeed. Examples that I have met include

    Only blue "safety cable" to be used outdoors.

    Self contained emergency lights to be wired in MICC.

    All outdoor temporary lighting to be 110 volt.

    Only plugs and sockets with "safety fuses" to be used.

    No single phase outlets within 2 M of those on other phases.

    No three phase in areas with children present.

    No outdoor events in places near high voltage overhead lines, or in practice near near ANY overhead wires, including phone lines.

    And one specific one, during a recent solar eclipse it was decreed that this should only be watched on TV for "safety" it was then further decreed that those watching the TV images had to wear dark glasses. CANT HAVE TOO MUCH SAFETY.

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