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I have been asked to connect a 9kW kiln to the consumer unit.
The consumer unit is in the garage and the kiln will also be in the garage.
All the cable will be surface mounted, probably in conduit.
It's a steeple series E consumer unit with spare ways on the non-RCD side and no spare ways on RCD side.
I had decided to fit a 40A MCB on the non-RCD side into a standalone RCD but having thought about about it, does it require RCD protection? I'm so used to making sure everything has RCD protection but I can't see that this meets any of the requirements to do so.
Also, I dont think there are any RCBO's that fit the steeple series E board are there? lastly, I have assumed there are no spare ways on the RCD side from the picture below (I haven't visited yet), what do you think? Cheers all
The consumer unit is in the garage and the kiln will also be in the garage.
All the cable will be surface mounted, probably in conduit.
It's a steeple series E consumer unit with spare ways on the non-RCD side and no spare ways on RCD side.
I had decided to fit a 40A MCB on the non-RCD side into a standalone RCD but having thought about about it, does it require RCD protection? I'm so used to making sure everything has RCD protection but I can't see that this meets any of the requirements to do so.
Also, I dont think there are any RCBO's that fit the steeple series E board are there? lastly, I have assumed there are no spare ways on the RCD side from the picture below (I haven't visited yet), what do you think? Cheers all
