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Hi all, am i correct in thinking if you were to receive an electric shock from an rcd protected circuit it would not limit the current through you to 30ma? Obviously there is so many variables on how someone can receive an electric shock, but am i correct in thinking if your body resistance is low to pass 50ma through your body (which i imagine would be an extremely painful shock) the rcd would do nothing to reduce that current, but only reduce the time you are exposed to it, so you would only feel the shock briefly, in other words it should trip fast enough to prevent you being killed potentially but it won't limit the current? So it doesn't matter if the current through you is 31ma or 100ma you will still feel the severity of that shock and all the rcd would do is trip fast enough to save your life.
Is this correct in how an rcd works.
The above scenario excludes a shock between live and neutral i would think in that case you would be deadmeat as there is no imbalance for the rcd to detect.
Thanks
Is this correct in how an rcd works.
The above scenario excludes a shock between live and neutral i would think in that case you would be deadmeat as there is no imbalance for the rcd to detect.
Thanks