I have a little query that I have failed to get an answer to from various sources.
My house was build in 1992 and has RCDs in consumer unit but with cartridge fuses rather than MCB (which is fine)
As you would expect the lighting circuits are separate upstairs and downstairs.
However in both circuits I have a single fused plate with a 13A fuse in it. As far as I can tell the lighting circuits run into this fuse plate, but not "through" it. Ie. Black into north terminal, black out north terminal. Red into south, red out of south. So the fuse is accross the positive and neutral loops.
It makes no operational difference whether fuse is present or not and my guess is it's somehow related to safety in the circuit, but what? Do I even need it at all?
Thank you
Richard
My house was build in 1992 and has RCDs in consumer unit but with cartridge fuses rather than MCB (which is fine)
As you would expect the lighting circuits are separate upstairs and downstairs.
However in both circuits I have a single fused plate with a 13A fuse in it. As far as I can tell the lighting circuits run into this fuse plate, but not "through" it. Ie. Black into north terminal, black out north terminal. Red into south, red out of south. So the fuse is accross the positive and neutral loops.
It makes no operational difference whether fuse is present or not and my guess is it's somehow related to safety in the circuit, but what? Do I even need it at all?
Thank you
Richard