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Residential Park Home and Section 708

Colin Haggett

Does the fixed connection to a Residential Park Home on a static park home site come under regulation 708.415.1 as in does it need a 30mA RCD at the connection point? In this case there’s a free standing meter box which used to have a 30mA RCD fitted it’s now been replaced with a 100mA RCD as test button had failed on the old one. Reading the scope it is unclear to me as it reads “residential park homes in caravan parks, camping parks and similar locations” so would a static park home site full under similar locations? Obviously they’ve used a different manufacturer as well which doesn’t appear to fit correctly but am more concerned about it being 100mA.

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Colin

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    I can see the dilemma. The definition of a caravan park is an area of land that contains two or more caravan pitches and/or tents, so a park consisting of only residential park homes, would seem not to be covered directly. Is 10 acres of statics "similar" to 9.9 acres of statics plus one tourer pitch? I'd probably assume yes, but I can certainly see the argument either way. It's similar to being allowed to use PME for a caravan on the drive or front lawn of a house (according to BS 7671, if not the ESQCR) but not on a camping site - even though the risks must be very similar.

    I'd argue it was certainly good engineering practice to use the same rules as for a caravan park, but I would be wary of claiming t'other bloke was wrong.

       - Andy.

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    I can see the dilemma. The definition of a caravan park is an area of land that contains two or more caravan pitches and/or tents, so a park consisting of only residential park homes, would seem not to be covered directly. Is 10 acres of statics "similar" to 9.9 acres of statics plus one tourer pitch? I'd probably assume yes, but I can certainly see the argument either way. It's similar to being allowed to use PME for a caravan on the drive or front lawn of a house (according to BS 7671, if not the ESQCR) but not on a camping site - even though the risks must be very similar.

    I'd argue it was certainly good engineering practice to use the same rules as for a caravan park, but I would be wary of claiming t'other bloke was wrong.

       - Andy.

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