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Is RCD/RCBO mandatory for electric shower?
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Is RCD/RCBO mandatory for electric shower?
On 27/04/2012 16:02, BruceB wrote:
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In articleLuidndEQkMNDDwfSnZ2dnUVZ7tudnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk,
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Is RCD/RCBO protection now mandatory?
Not because its a shower as such[1], although fitting one for a shower
is very common. However if the cable run is "unprotected" (i.e. cables
not enclosed in an earthed metal screen, and its buried in a wall at a
depth of less than 50mm), then it would need an RCD to comply with the
requirements for cable protection.
I believe that is wrong now.
If you replace the cable with a larger one then the work you have done
has to comply with the current regulations which require an rcd for
every circuit in a room with a bath or shower.
It is regulation 701.411.3.3
Even if it to replace a (cough) damaged (/cough) cable?
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