MCB, RCD & AFDD all in one

[Zdb]

These things are blooming huge!

Oh and £170

 

[rapparee]

These things have been around a while across the pond and it seems there is test equipment available, e.g. Greenlee AFI-100. As has already been suggested, I reckon the MFT manufacturers will waste no time jumping on the bandwagon and launch a new range of 18th ed. testers with this as new functionality.

Fluke T+PRO Electrical Tester 95969327923 | eBay - https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fluke-T-PRO-Electrical-Tester/192561592597?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D52962%26meid%3D8571d8a5e7bf47c19c22ab9f028b3791%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D192561592597%26itm%3D192561592597&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aad82fb35-82d4-11e8-9456-74dbd1803e5b%7Cparentrq%3A7af254541640add89ecbb937fff225ca%7Ciid%3A1

Well at least fluke do a tester, so it's another one for the collection.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Fluke T+PRO Electrical Tester 95969327923 | eBay - https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fluke-T-PRO-Electrical-Tester/192561592597?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D52962%26meid%3D8571d8a5e7bf47c19c22ab9f028b3791%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D192561592597%26itm%3D192561592597&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aad82fb35-82d4-11e8-9456-74dbd1803e5b%7Cparentrq%3A7af254541640add89ecbb937fff225ca%7Ciid%3A1

Well at least fluke do a tester, so it's another one for the collection.

That’s a voltage tester?

 

[Simonslimline]

I just meant that as i work for a big company it doesn't matter to me personally as we fit whatever the spec is for the client.

The price for complying with these new regs is going to be a pain for small domestic jobs when changing boards etc. Just more expense for everyone.

I've never done domestic

Will industrial electricians be exempt from fitting these things, are they only to be fitted in residential properties

I have literally no idea what they are for

I haven't been paying attention to be honest.

 

[Simonslimline]

I just meant that as i work for a big company it doesn't matter to me personally as we fit whatever the spec is for the client.

The price for complying with these new regs is going to be a pain for small domestic jobs when changing boards etc. Just more expense for everyone.

I've never done domestic

Will industrial electricians be exempt from fitting these things, are they only to be fitted in residential properties

I have literally no idea what they are for

I haven't been paying attention to be honest.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I think I must be getting confused!
I thought these AFDDs were nothing more than surge protectors?

 

[rapparee]

That’s a voltage tester?

That’s a voltage tester?

It has a built in gfci tester.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

It has a built in gfci tester.

Yes so have some of those Martindale type socket testers.
I thought it was a link to an AFDD tester?

 

[Nigel]

commercial only for them ,you want be putting them in domestic ,it would be the film jaws ,we need a bigger consumer unit or bigger boat .

No requirement to install in domestic. Only high risk areas such as flammable sites, places of historic importance and areas with high public usage.

 

[Nigel]

I think I must be getting confused!
I thought these AFDDs were nothing more than surge protectors?

They measure arc faults. The clue is in the name haha

 

[Wes1000]

For anyone who’s not seen the regulation covering these AFDD’s it’s as follows;

421.1.7 arc fault detection devices conforming to BS EN 62606 are recommended as a means of providing additional protection against fire caused by arc faults in AC final circuits.
If used, an AFDD shall be placed at the origin of the circuit to be protected.
NOTE: Examples of where such devices can be used include:
•premises with sleeping accommodation
•locations with a risk of fire due to the nature of processed or stored materials, ie B2 locations (e.g barns, woodworking shops, stores of combustible materials)
• locations with combustible construction materials i.e. CA2 locations (e.g. wooden buildings)
• fire propagating structures i.e. CB2 locations
• locations with endangering of irreplaceable goods.

 

[Rockingit]

'premises with sleeping accommodation' is a bit ambiguous, though. I'm assuming they mean hotels?

 

[Wes1000]

'premises with sleeping accommodation' is a bit ambiguous, though. I'm assuming they mean hotels?

Or is it aimed at blocks of flats too??

 

[Toneyz]

Notice the word RECOMMENDED I wonder if that will change with the amendments.

 

[Toneyz]

'premises with sleeping accommodation' is a bit ambiguous, though. I'm assuming they mean hotels?

That's my take on it.

 

[Wes1000]

I thought it was going to be beefed out in the next amendment. Only what I heard though.