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  1. A

    Lighting with no rcd

    HI guys, just wondering if I can pick some brains. Going to install a loft light and switch off a lighting circuit and the circuit don't have rcd protection, as cables are on surface I don't believe Rcd is needed. What I am doubting myself a little with is my work mate says I need to install...
  2. bigspark17

    Tt no rcd at origin

    200A 3phase tt system with metal clad control panel no rcd at origin 4pole main switch. I have always put rcd at origin but it has been put to me if you can prove a very stable low Ra (ze acceptable) rcd may omitted? What is an acceptable low level and how can you prove it will stay stable. No...
  3. C

    16th edition cu no rcd

    Hello, my my mother in law wants an outdoor light fitted to her installation. Only issue is her Consumer unit is 16th edition and has no RCD protection at all. i don't want to do a CU change as that would mean a whole install test and the time to fit the CU can you get RCBO for main incoming...
  4. M

    cooker tt no rcd

    hi extended a 32 amp cooker circuit, adding a cooker switch and outlet plate. extended as it is a 7kw range cooker now situated in fireplace. old cooker now not going to be used. problem is its on a 16th edition board and is on tt. the cooker and lighting are non rcd protected. ideal...
    • midgetman
    • Thread
    • cable cooker ideal imageshack no rcd protected rcd
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. S

    rcd or no rcd ?

    Does a 16 amp commando socket installed in swa in a warehouse need to be rcd protected ?
    • stilllearning
    • Thread
    • equipment no rcd person protected rcd socket unless
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. A

    0 Megohms N-E and no RCD Trip

    Hi All I was re-testing a brand new install for QC purposes todayand the N-E on the IR was 0 Megohms, am I right in expected the RCD to trip. Itwas a TN-C-S system so wondered if the shared neutral and earth may have aneffect? The IR for L-N and L-E belled out perfectly, I haddisconnected both...
    • AndyTheSpark
    • Thread
    • calibri no rcd rcd roman times trip
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. J

    eicr on premsis with no rcd

    I know u just put it down as a code 3 but do u put down ads or eebads or is it always ads now??
  8. B

    EICR in a commercial premises, no RCD protection

    we are currently completing an EICR on a currently redundant ambulance station soon to be re-opened. The budget for the works is very tight after reading the scope, the PC for the job has said if items do not need upgrading then do not do them. the scope stats the consumer units should be...
  9. P

    farm (grain drier)with no rcd on sockets

    Hi We do alot of work on quite a large farm and always fit iP rated sockets etc all with 30ma rcd protection both 3 ph and 1ph.. They have had a new grain drier shed built and it has been wired by another contractor due to time limits we could not complie to. When we have looked around we have...
  10. A

    TT System with no RCD

    Hello all here’s my first ever post. Quick background, I’ve been working for myself since theturn of the year building a portfolio, I have done a few minor works and a weekon Monday I will start a house rewire and wiring extension which I plan to useto be assessed on. I was asked from someone...
  11. P

    Rented property, TT system, No RCD.

    Over 2 years ago a friend rented a house, After a brief look, the dangers were apparent. At the mains a TT system with small bonding cables, and no RCD just a Henley block fitted where the is a shadow mark the size of an old voltage operated trip, then rewireable fuses. Round the house every...
  12. rustynails

    Outdoor lights no rcd protection not notifiable

    Would I be right in saying that adding an outdoor PIR to an existing outdoor lighting spur with one existing PIR and two post lights on it would not be notifiable anymore since April 2013? Also the house has a 3036 board which I will be recommend updating however I'm fairly certain that will...
  13. C

    No rcd or rcbos on domestic installation

    Doing eicr on a domestic installation Every thing is looking and testing fine on lacking rcd on circuits not even on power should it be a c3..not to 17th And therefore satisfactory or c1 c2 and unsatisfactory the installation is about 20 years etc
  14. M

    Supply to submain no rcd.

    I've been asked to do some minor alterations to an out house which is supplied from CU in main house. Now the new CU in outhouse has RCD protected circuits but the supply from main house is not RCD protected. The cable is a 20m run in hightuf clipped to outside wall clearly visible. Should I put...
  15. M

    Adding spots. No RCD

    If I change a single pendant to spot lights and all cables are concealed in ceiling void there's no need for me to have to fit RCD to socket is there? There are cables concealed in wall obviously on circuit... Wall lights, switches etc. but as I'm not touching them is it my responsibility to add...
  16. D

    No RCD in place..

    Hi all, I have a question for you regarding UK law and RCD protection on radial circuits in a domestic property. My mother lives in a council owned house which was converted from an old TB hospital in the 1960s. All circuits in the property are radial not ring. The property wiring is pre...
  17. P

    Work on a 3036 no Rcd installation

    Any advice appreciated If all ok after pre work survey am I ok to simply replace accessories on this installation without adding rcd protection if the customer won't go for it? (I get the firm impression over the phone he won't) Work involves replacing some floods on an outside wall, okey...
    • pauchacai
    • Thread
    • electrical work installation no rcd rcd work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. michaelw6

    new builds with no rcd protection?!?

    i have recently been into a couple of property's which are apartments with no rcd protection. there are about 40 of these apartments in this block all of which i assume are the same. i have checked the main incomer which just goes through an isolator and 80a mcb to the apartment with two...
  19. E

    Industrial place with 3 phase board, no RCD protection, does it pass?

    I get confused with this. am I right in saying, anything that was according to the old regs which is not in the current regs passes the EICR. Do I have to mention this as a C3 improvement recommended on the EICR. Its for insurance purposes. the new forms ask for too much...
  20. T

    Domestic - 3 distribution boxes, no RCD? sorry, still fresh out the classroom.....

    Getting my bulletproof vest on ready to be shot down in flames, but here goes.... Went out for (what I'd thought) a straightforward swap of a 6A MCB at a small (2 MCB garage style) distribution box. Looking to isolate I was expecting to find the small d/b wired from another MCB in the main CU...
    • The General
    • Thread
    • boxes distribution domestic no rcd out rcd sorry still
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Domestic Electrician Forum

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