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think he means retest after it's tripped on x5. you need to think laterally with buzz, sometimes even standing on your head in a Vat of wine.
 
So are you saying it is incorrect?
Yes.
531.3.6 RCDs for additional protection
The use of RCDs with a rated residual operating current not exceeding 30 mA is recognized as additional protection in compliance with Regulation 415.1. These RCDs shall be provided to comply with the requirements of Regulation 411.3.3.
RCDs for additional protection in AC installations shall comply with:
- BS EN 61008 series, or
- BS EN 61009 series, or
- BS EN 62423.
Where installed at the origin of a final circuit or a group of final circuits, an RCD with a rated residual current not exceeding 30 mA may provide fault protection and additional protection simultaneously.
NOTE: Consideration shall be given to the division of the installation (see Regulations 531.3.2 and 314.2).
 
Hi - yes, I read the BBB too. The regulation does not include the BS4293 devices, so my understanding of the regulation is they may not be used for additional protection. To this end Elecsa has stated -
"When the 17th Edition (BS 7671: 2008) was published, only BS EN 61008-1 and BS EN 61009-1 were still listed (Regulation 411.4.9 refers). However, this does not preclude the use of RCDs to BS 4293, BS 7288 and BS 7071, where appropriate, for fault protection and/or additional protection, provided they meet the relevant operating time requirements."
Just to confirm, are you saying this advice from Elecsa is incorrect? And so these devices may not be used?
 
That advice is both correct and incorrect.
Where such devices are installed in existing installations, then as the advice states, their use would not be precluded, provided they meet the relevant operating time requirements.
However their use would be precluded in a new installation or as a replacement in an existing installation.
In such circumstances, the designer/installer would have to declare it as a departure and attest that safety has not been compromised.
 

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