Is there any inherent advantage in using a socket which contains inbuilt rcd (such as the Timeguard ones which trip at 40 milliseconds) as compared to the use of standard add-on devices to a normal socket..with a similar rating. Basically it seems the latter option is significantly cheaper although if the socket were visible it could be visually unappealing depending on what sort of room it was in.
socket with rcd versus normal socket with separate rcd added
- Thread starter ekon
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I'm not sure about Cyprus requirements Spark?..& I may get a sparky in as it happens just because of that...I don't want to invalidate the house insurance etc.
I want to fit an new external/weatherproof double socket (without inbuilt rcd) ,which I already have, on an outside wall. I thought it would be a safe and relatively simple job to run, via a 13A plug, a short (<2 ft.) length of suitable cable from an adjacent internal socket..ie just straight through the external wall to the back of the external socket. I was going to buy an RCD socket (Timeguard TFA05W) to replace the normal socket that's there now..then I thought well Ive got a spare demountable RCD device already...why not use that?
This internal socket is neither visible nor easily accessible so the rcd would be permanently plugged in there out of sight..and would just be used to feed the external double socket. That socket is the only one on a radial circuit with a 16A mcb...and there's little chance of overloading it given what we want to use it for.
I want to fit an new external/weatherproof double socket (without inbuilt rcd) ,which I already have, on an outside wall. I thought it would be a safe and relatively simple job to run, via a 13A plug, a short (<2 ft.) length of suitable cable from an adjacent internal socket..ie just straight through the external wall to the back of the external socket. I was going to buy an RCD socket (Timeguard TFA05W) to replace the normal socket that's there now..then I thought well Ive got a spare demountable RCD device already...why not use that?
This internal socket is neither visible nor easily accessible so the rcd would be permanently plugged in there out of sight..and would just be used to feed the external double socket. That socket is the only one on a radial circuit with a 16A mcb...and there's little chance of overloading it given what we want to use it for.
>Mosez..thanks for the link.
>Spark..I wish there was a Screwfix..some things are good pricewise..but bigger electrical stuff can be dear..take e.g garden shredders ..useful as stuff grows like hell with all the sunshine
about 40% like for like more expensive eg Bosch..some people import but say for a shredder you might well pay £70 sterling for delivery.
..re plugs yes 13A as per UK ..I suspect the electrics are, like many things, based on UK practices..other things are distinctly Cypriot...eg scaffolding and other site-H&S!
>Spark..I wish there was a Screwfix..some things are good pricewise..but bigger electrical stuff can be dear..take e.g garden shredders ..useful as stuff grows like hell with all the sunshine
about 40% like for like more expensive eg Bosch..some people import but say for a shredder you might well pay £70 sterling for delivery...re plugs yes 13A as per UK ..I suspect the electrics are, like many things, based on UK practices..other things are distinctly Cypriot...eg scaffolding and other site-H&S!
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