I was reading a previous discussion which stated not connecting the fridge freezer to the RCD for the kitchen. I thought all circuits in the kitchen had to be protected by an RCD and so how could you avoid this for the fridge freezer socket?
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Kitchen RCD's
- Thread starter paul64
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because of reg 411.3.3 which says that additional protection can be exempted for...
"ii) a specific labelled or otherwise suitably identified socket-outlet provided for connection of a particular item of equipment."
but this should obviously used with caution, and reference to all the regs pertaining to RCDs and socket outlets!
calder
"ii) a specific labelled or otherwise suitably identified socket-outlet provided for connection of a particular item of equipment."
but this should obviously used with caution, and reference to all the regs pertaining to RCDs and socket outlets!
calder
Thanks for the info. Am I right to assume then, the ring circuit for the Kitchen sockets could be run in parallel from the existing ring main, providing there is sufficient rating and the sockets above the work top are RSD protected.
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