When is a new circuit not a new circuit?

I would use an eic, easiest way to make it clear how the circuit has been moved. That being said i would take a view on how much checking I would do on supply characteristics etc.

Then comes what is probably the crux of the matter  I would hesitate but probably also want to bring rcds up to the latest standard.

That being said I replaced my failed washing machine over the weekend with one that includes a variable speed motor drive. I don't think the instructions mention it, but I know it should be on a type A rcd and so far I haven't done the required board swap.

It would be so much clearer if things like this were tied down more rigidly. Would stop people pushing perceived grey areas to the limit, probably make prosecution much simpler and easier.

The problem is that there simply aren't enough dead bodies around to justify a more legal apporach for this. Take AFDDs for example - how would even an expert witness declare with 100% confidence that a AFDD would have saved a life in the event of a fatality when all other protections were present? Similarly, there isn't much empirical evidence that type AC RCDs are actually the villains they are painted to be. The science is never settled because we are moving too quickly to gather enough historical evidence along the way, so the apporach has been more of a what if, rather than a definitive knowledge-based outcome.

Personally, I wouldn't bother with any of the formalities when simply transferring one circuit to a different board. Just do a couple of tests and sanity checks before restoring the supply and call it good.

probably make prosecution much simpler and easier.

And that in my book means it  is not desirable at all. We already have folk afraid of their own shadows and imaging electricity to be the most dangerous thing since the invention of the pork pie. It really isn't, and in most cases prosecution does not actually fix the root problem.

Mike

probably make prosecution much simpler and easier.

And that in my book means it  is not desirable at all. We already have folk afraid of their own shadows and imaging electricity to be the most dangerous thing since the invention of the pork pie. It really isn't, and in most cases prosecution does not actually fix the root problem.

Mike