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THx Spark, I have not been to the site, so Im just going on what I've told. If I had to guess I would say they were on switched spurs, as I cant think that someone would permanently connect kitchen appliances without a way switching them off directly -primary isolation. As I will not have...

Thank you all for your responses, they are mush appreciated. I sent the sparky in to investigate a property whose RCD (previuosly mentioned) would not stay up. This RCD was used for all sockets in the house. All other circuits eg. lighting were protected via MCB. The fridge stove etc. are all...

Davy_owen wrote, If you have even a single 32A MCB why would you use a 16A RCD? The regs state that u should use an RCD on handheld/portable appliances. Having a 32A MCB does not eradicate the need for a RCD, whose main purpose is to avoid electric shock due to a CURRENT imbalalnce between...

Please clear up something for me. The above mentioned RCD has a 30mA short circuit current - right, and the 80 means that it can withstand a maximum of 80A - right? So how can u use this in a domestic installation whereyou normally use 2.5mm at the most. I am led to believe there will come a...