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No doubt the manufacturers pressed the IET for their inclusion in the 18th Edition onsafety grounds...... oops on profit grounds
Hi Alasdair - hit the nail on the mate. I don't claim the longest or broardest experience but I don't see the need (?). Maybe I need to go to Spec Savers or something. The cost impact to Customers of RCDs and metal CUs was relatively small and it does have some stats to back it up. If I understand correctly, this change is likely to have much larger cost implications. Where is the London Firebrigade Report on this then?... I am very dubious about wiring arcs being a significant cause of fires. I would like to see the fire investigation data showing that they really are... I also suspect that if arc detectors were mandated, then many more unqualified people would choose to add their own extra socket outlets to keep the costs down if employing an electrician would require a CU change.
I'm looking forward to telling Mr & Mrs Jones that their new fuseboard will be costing over £1,000 ...................... NOT
Neither have I "Just thinking aloud" my post saidI've not read anywhere that the drive to use these devices comes from a report via LFB?
Seems to come from 'CENELEC level in Harmonized Documents (HD). Where no CENELEC HD exists, IEC level documents are taken into account. IEC 60364-4-42 Edition 3 and HD 60364-4-42 A1:2015 recommend the use of AFDDs' (Beama guide to AFDD's).
As someone's already mentioned, 'recommended' to be used in the US & Europe.
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