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Bought at chrismas impulse buy because it was so cheap advertised as a 17th addition Cu Pack.

wylex 10 way dbl rcd board with 8 mcb's and 10 dbl sockets bargin @ £98 + 15% off:D

went to install it on fri, No probs with the board all the sockets only have 1 earth terminal. New it was to good to be true:D
 
Got to say I think everything is expensive at B&Q for electrical componets.

I only ever use the place if I need something quick (usually small) for a job and it is closer then the wholesaler. Otherwise the wholsalers get my business.
 
Hi, please excuse the ignorance but why the issue with only having one cpc conection?
 
because it was a 16th edition requirement that double socket faces have 2 earth terminals and you terminate 1 cpc in each of them
 
Is this true? Where does it state this in current regs?
Darren
 
was this only relevant if there is a possibility of a high leakage current present in the cpc i.e from IT equipment with switch mode power supplies in excess of ( if I recall correctly) 10mA is present ??
 
I havent heard of that 17th regulation either, So what do you do if you have a ring socket feeding a spur and you have 3 earth conductors ?? what do you do then if you can only put 1 in each terminal ?
 
was this only relevant if there is a possibility of a high leakage current present in the cpc i.e from IT equipment with switch mode power supplies in excess of ( if I recall correctly) 10mA is present ??

I'd agree with that.;)
 
was this only relevant if there is a possibility of a high leakage current present in the cpc i.e from IT equipment with switch mode power supplies in excess of ( if I recall correctly) 10mA is present ??

Spoke to an inspector today and you are correct i must of miss understood him, this is only for I.T systems earth leakage,i terminal in each. also what i did not know is that if you have a radial serving an it system then you must return the cpc like a ring
 

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