You cannot ask open ended questions and expect a simple reply.
Most were quite specific.
This recent one was far from specific:
I recall someone here in the past few days wrote that from 2008 all circuit must RCD protected. Under the current regs, is it possible to have an non-RCD protected circuit? Benefits arise from Alarms and freezers from non RCD protection.
The Qs I ask are simple and not involved and at least one so-called pro here should be able to give a one or two sentence reply, even if just reciting the regs.
In the example of that question you are very wrong.
It is
not possible to give a one or two sentence reply to "is it possible to have an non-RCD protected circuit?"
A truthful one word answer could be given, and that answer is "yes", because it
is possible to have an non-RCD protected circuit, but that wouldn't be of much practical use to you because in order to actually have a non-RCD circuit you have to do, and consider, many things.
To use the Highway Code/Rod Traffic Acts analogy, a simple and accurate answer to "am I allowed to drive at 70mph in this country?" would be "yes".
But that simple "yes" ignores the fact that you may not do it on all roads, it ignores the fact that some of the roads where some people may do it are barred to learners, it ignores the fact that you may not do it in all types of vehicle..
It's the same with your question about RCDs - it
simply cannot be answered in one or two sentences and for you to expect people to "just recite the regs" is expecting people to type out several paragraphs of regulations for you because you don't appreciate the complexity and multifacetedness of the question and the proper answer and won't obtain and read the regulations for yourself.
Thinking back to your question a couple of weeks ago about a shaver socket in the bathroom, as I recall that was pretty simple but you got extraordinarily bent out of shape because you didn't want the answer to be, basically, "no".
You give the impression that you don't actually care what the regulations say, you just want simple answers which agree with what you've already decided you are going to do.
I am the one asking the Qs and not getting proper replies.
No - what you're doing is repeating the questions when you don't like the answers you get. And you're also giving advice and refusing to explain why it is good and how it complies with the regulations.
Take away the dross posts and the threads can be short and meaningful and to the point.
Taking away your refusal to explain your advice no matter how may times you are asked would also shorten the threads.
Then this lunatic who sent me abusive PM's just after I came on the forum who babbles tripe named, ban-all-sheds.
And that you've got to stop.
You may well not like the answers I give you, and you may well not relish the prospect of trying and failing to answer questions which will expose your ignorance and your errors, but you
know that you could not point to what I write and show that it is babble, and to persist with that assertion just makes you look more and more foolish, and more and more driven solely by a personal dislike rather than reasoned, logical and intelligent thought.
