When a diyer want to add a socket should we go on and on about RCD Protection
IMO we should not "go on and on", but we should make sure that the DIYer is aware of the regulatory requirement for new sockets to have RCD protection. (S)he can then make up her/his own mind and, IMO, what decision they make is none of our business.When a diyer want to add a socket should we go on and on about RCD Protection
That is certainly a view. However, I suspect that the poll question was thinking about a house 'full of non-RCD protected sockets" to which an OP wanted to add one more. As I've said, we certainly should make sure that any such person is aware of the regulatory requirement for any new socket (but not any of the existing ones) to have RCD protection, but I don't personally think that we should "go on and on" about it to any greater extent than that.RCD protection is very important, especially for sockets used to power anything outdoors.
It's not a recommendation. It is a requirement.Point out that the current generally accepted standard for wiring in the U.K. recommends it for added protection and that new installations done to that standard incorporate it - Yes.
It's a requirement for compliance with the standard. But there is no compulsion to follow the standard.It's not a recommendation. It is a requirement.
That's correct, unlike your earlier statement.It's a requirement for compliance with the standard. But there is no compulsion to follow the standard.It's not a recommendation. It is a requirement.
If their proposal is not going to comply to the regs, they should be told. An RCD is also not an inconvenience, it is there to provide additional, wanted and warranted protection.When a diyer want to add a socket should we go on and on about RCD Protection
Why is a DIYer in their own home different from any other situation?So while BS7671 might contain regulations and make something a requirement of the standard, since as far as the DIYer doing something in his own home is concerned there is absolutely no legal compulsion to follow any of BS7671's "regulations" or "requirements,"
You can't have it both ways. Electrical installations either comply with BS7671 or they do not.effectively they are just recommendations (other than ones which cover such basic safety issues that not complying with them would result in something which is not reasonably safe, of course).
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