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Default Is an RCBO an adequate replacement for an isolator?


"Tim W" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel
wibbled on Thursday 12 November 2009 22:37


"Tim W" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel
wibbled on Thursday 12 November 2009 21:59


For a ring to safely work it needs the correct fuse in the plug.

That would be equally true of a radial that wasn't dedicated, and the
overcurrent protection set accordingly, to a single appliance or class
of
appliance. In the most extreme case, a 32A radial is a "standard
circuit", though rare due to being not so practical to implement.


A radial with only 8 sockets on it, maximum, and rated to 16A is safer
when abused. Some appliances can be only protected by a 32A mcb
on a ring when abused.


Even when the appliances all have 0.5mm2 flexes?

Do you strip your wires with a hacksaw too? Go back to plumbing, at least
you'll only get wet...


You lack common sense. I woudl let you near my house. There again I do all
my own.