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Hotel External Lighting - RCD

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Good afternoon

We have some bollards and lighting columns at the backyard of a hotel

We are feeding them with XLPE/SWA/LSF cables through ducts.

Do we need RCD protection at the board?

I am looking into BS7671 section 714 - OUTDOOR LIGHTING INSTALLATION and there doesnt seem to be anything to indicate an RCD apart from a telephone kiosk, bus shelter, advertising panels and town plans.

Do I read it correct or having a steel column makes a difference and I do need an RCD?

I wouldnt normally ask however I remember in the past people in here pointing out that the external lights need RCD and refer to some BS7671 clause but my memory isnt that good

Thanks

  • 0 in reply to Sergio Fernandez

    Appropriate Regulation referenced above by  

    Some more background as to why you ought to provide the RCD, regardless of what BS 7671 says, is provided in the information and advice from the HSE here: press.hse.gov.uk/.../

    Further to all of that, BS 7671 is a minimum standard - there are particular use-cases for spaces open to the public, major infrastructure, workplaces, etc., where additional measures may be required depending on risk assessment (including CDM risk assessment, as pretty much all electrical installation work, including maintenance, is classified as construction work in CDM).

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    Something like the below

    714.411.3.4 Additional protection
    Lighting that is accessible to the public shall have additional protection by an RCD having the characteristics specified in Regulation 415.1.1
    Examples include:
    1. Gardens, spaces open to the public
    2. Telephone kiosks
    3. Bus shelters
    4. Advertising panels and town plans
    This list is not exhaustive.
    The following are excluded:
    5. Street lighting and traffic signage
    6. Illumination of monuments
    7. Platform lighting at rail/bus stations.

    In view of the above quoted regulation, it could be argued that RCD protection is needed for certain types of car park lighting, especially bollards, which are easily damaged by cars and vandalism

    IIRC it was 18th edition BS7671 amendment 2 after child got electrocuted in the pub beer garden 

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