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RCDs.
In the past it was VOELCB's.
RCDs.
Or better yet a switch fuse.direct from its own breaker on the consumer unit.
Perhaps - but if there is a borrowed neutral then they should have been combined into one circuit instead of the dangerous and prohibited bodge of having two circuits with a borrowed neutral protected by one RCCB.Likely there is a shared neutral on the lighting circuits as well - why put them both on the same side otherwise?
I despise unused circuit breakers being fitted - that's what blank ways are for. (Although I hate non-DIN rail-mounted blanks.)No issue with them putting MCBs not blanks in
As a matter of interest, why?I despise unused circuit breakers being fitted...
Because they don't do anything and can also lead to confusion. That's what blanks were designed for.As a matter of interest, why?
Kind Regards, John
They certainly don't "do anything", but adequate labelling can avoid any risk of confusion - at least for anyone who can read. However, I don't really see any of that as a reason for 'despising' the practice!Because they don't do anything and can also lead to confusion. That's what blanks were designed for.
I consider it very poor practice, unless it is specifically written into the spec that they must be left there.They certainly don't "do anything", but adequate labelling can avoid any risk of confusion - at least for anyone who can read. However, I don't really see any of that as a reason for 'despising' the practice!
Kind Regards, John
Fair enough - that is your prerogative.I consider it very poor practice, unless it is specifically written into the spec that they must be left there.
So if you were starting with a fully populated board but not using all of the ways, you'd deliberately omit some of the breakers, preferring to use less-secure and therefore less safe blanking strips, and to create a storage problem for the customer, and you'd consider that a better and more professional practice?I consider it very poor practice, unless it is specifically written into the spec that they must be left there.
You have a problem with comprehension. I specifically stated that I expect to see DIN rail-mounted blanks.preferring to use less-secure and therefore less safe blanking strips
I would suggest that we should all do whatever we can (e.g. avoiding getting involved in relevant exchanges) to avoid a recurrent need for popcorn.I've not had popcorn in a while...
I missed that (although to be precise, you didn't specifically state that you expect to see DIN rail-mounted blanks, you said that you hate non-DIN rail-mounted ones, but I take the point that you wouldn't install the clip-in ones).You have a problem with comprehension. I specifically stated that I expect to see DIN rail-mounted blanks.
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