Residential Park Home and Section 708

Question

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&rsquo;s a free standing meter box which used to have a 30mA RCD fitted it&rsquo;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 &ldquo;residential park homes in caravan parks, camping parks and similar locations&rdquo; so would a static park home site full under similar locations? Obviously they&rsquo;ve used a different manufacturer as well which doesn&rsquo;t appear to fit correctly but am more concerned about it being 100mA. 
 Thanks in advance 
 Colin

gkenyon · Accepted Answer

Colin Haggett said: Perhaps the 708 scope could be worded better as to whether it applies to homes covered by the Mobile Homes Act 
 I know this perhaps seems pedantic, but please bear with me. 
 Section 708 clearly doesn't apply to the 'residential park homes' themselves (as Note 3 in the Scope, Regulation 708.1) ... I think what you're asking is whether Section 708 scope could be re-worded to say whether it applies to sites that only contains homes covered by the Mobile Homes Act? I'm not sure that is possible. I understand that sites covered by the Mobile Homes Act can include provisions for caravans and motor caravans (and therefore be a "caravan site") so perhaps that simple exclusion is not possible? I'd again be suggesting this is a question for the site owner/operator to address. 
 Colin Haggett said: Ideally I would prefer a time delay 100mA as I have DP RCBO’s in my consumer unit 
 I fully understand that ... whilst BS 7671 requires that the RCD in question is accessible to the user of the "pitch" (the "consumer" in Regulation 708.415.1), I take the point that scratting round outside in bad weather on a dark night isn't ideal if the installation is subject to unwanted tripping.

Residential Park Home and Section 708

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