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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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    Colin Haggett said:
    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?

    Surely this is a question for the particular site owner/operator, as it's their installation?

    The Scope of Section 708 of BS 7671, and the requirements in this particular respect, are not unique to the UK, but were made "pan-European" in HD 60364-7-708. I think the scope of Section 708, Regulation 708.1, has been discussed earlier in the thread, and in particular as highlighted below:

    The particular requirements contained in this section apply only to circuits intended to supply leisure accommodation vehicles, tents or residential park homes in caravan parks, camping parks and similar locations.

    So, the classification of the site as a "caravan park, camping park, or similar location" is really down to either:

    • Licensing conditions of any site operating license;
    • Planning conditions for the site; or
    • Assessment by the operator (where neither of the above apply).

    Which is why I said it's really down to the site owner/operator.

  • 0 in reply to gkenyon

    The highlighted text suggests temporary occupation of the site, but I don't think that mobile home/static caravan owners can have it both ways. Either they are technically a caravan, even if they are jacked up and the wheels off, in order to gain the advantage of planning laws, or they are not.

    However, as Sparkingchip has pointed out, "residential park home" is defined in Part 2.

    So if the caravan is in a field with pitches for other caravans, 708 applies. If it is temporary accommodation during a self build, for example, it does not.

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  • 0 in reply to gkenyon

    The highlighted text suggests temporary occupation of the site, but I don't think that mobile home/static caravan owners can have it both ways. Either they are technically a caravan, even if they are jacked up and the wheels off, in order to gain the advantage of planning laws, or they are not.

    However, as Sparkingchip has pointed out, "residential park home" is defined in Part 2.

    So if the caravan is in a field with pitches for other caravans, 708 applies. If it is temporary accommodation during a self build, for example, it does not.

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