In article , Piers Finlayson
scribeth thus
On 2012-09-04 17:30:59 +0000, ARW said:

Adam Funk wrote:
On 2012-09-03, ARW wrote:

David WE Roberts wrote:

Just to check something - if I am going for RCBOs as discussed in
another thread, are these O.K. for bathroom areas?
IIRC RCBOs are RCDs and a bit more?

What circuits are you planning on the rewire?

And it is nice to see someone using RCBOs and not just a dual RCD
CU.

Sure, but most builders (especially for new houses) just use a dual
RCD CU because it's the cheapest way to comply, isn't it?

Just fitted this in a new build house today:-)


http://www.thlsolutions.co.uk/store/...3-12-Way-125A-
TP%26N-Distribution-Board-17th-edition.html


Plus the phase conversion kit. It's only a single phase supply to the house.




As a general rule I aways give the smokes their own independant RCBO.

Yes, I fitted one of these (actually a slightly larger version) a while
ago along with the single phase conversion kit, and have RCBOs for each
circuit. I love the space inside for wiring up compared to a normal CU.


Just a point. Is that a good thing in that say the RCBO on the smoke
detect system fails how would anyone know just that circuits out?..

If its tagged across the ring main or lights then its quite obvious that
the circuit has gone down...

Y/N ?..
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Tony Sayer