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Derek Geldard writes:
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:54:48 -0800 (PST), terry
wrote:

Any advice appreciated; am presently in a country that 'sort of'
follows UK 230 volt 50 hertz wiring practices. So may be able to
purchase one or two of something and take back to Canada?

Is the 230v supply in Canada 155 - 0 - 115 ?

Our 230v is 230 - 0 - Gnd.

Not 100% sure how well one of our RCDs would work on a 115 - 0 - 115
installation. It might be alright ;-)

There certainly have been some that detect excessive Neutral-Earth
voltage and trip. I don't think this is the norm though. The other
thing is that you need a double-pole switching type -- again I don't
know how common that is with the socket outlet types, hardly ever
having used them myself.

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