On tests sheets when you fill in maximum disconnection times allowed ...
5 Secs for lights etc non-portable fixed equipment
0.4 secs sockets supplying handheld equipment
0.2 (200ms) - for 30mA RCD protected circuits, sockets that could easily supply outdoor portable equipment
Is that correct ?
can anyone explain how you decide when an RCD is intended as supplementary protection against indirect contact ? .... surely any RCD is supplemetary protection ? only 30mA count as supplemtary protection ?
5 Secs for lights etc non-portable fixed equipment
0.4 secs sockets supplying handheld equipment
0.2 (200ms) - for 30mA RCD protected circuits, sockets that could easily supply outdoor portable equipment
Is that correct ?
can anyone explain how you decide when an RCD is intended as supplementary protection against indirect contact ? .... surely any RCD is supplemetary protection ? only 30mA count as supplemtary protection ?