On 23/09/2012 16:44, ARW wrote:
Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:31:14 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:


Being in the dark is NOT a hazard.

Is that why hundreds more people are injured by falls in the dark than
by electrocution every year?

And how many of those hundreds fell over because they had a RCD main switch
that had tripped?

It cannot be many.

In fact it more people have probably had their lives saved by a RCD main
switch than have fallen down the stairs caused by a main RCD switch
tripping. Of course the life saving RCD trips are not recorded as they are
non events.

However, regardless of the actual stats, its easy enough to have the
best of both worlds - RCDs to save shock injury, and enough of them to
keep at least some lights on in the event of a trip.




--
Cheers,

John.

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