If you were to do a Type A RCD test on the RCDs installed in the consumer unit, what test current does the installation tester deliver?

If you were to do a Type A RCD test on the RCDs installed in the consumer unit, what test current does the installation tester deliver?
Would that not depend on whether you were '. . . doing a Type A RCD test' or '. . . testing a Type A RCD in accordance with BS 7671 (643.7.1) and/or (643.8)' ?
In the former case it would be an AC waveform with superimposed pulsed DC whilst in the latter case it would be an AC waveform.
- Ross
As in the photo, what amperage is the pulsed DC current test current that the tester will deliver for a X1 30 mA Type A RCD test?
A multiplier of 1.4 comes to mind, so with the instrument set as in the photo (30 mA × 1 × 1.4) = 42 mA ?
- Ross
1.414 the square root of 2, so 42.42 mA.
1.414 the square root of 2, so 42.42 mA.
I thought that A type RCDs only needed to cope with 6mA of d.c.?
- Andy.
I thought that A type RCDs only needed to cope with 6mA of d.c.?
The DC component of the Type A test current is 6 mA DC.
- Ross
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