On Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0000, Fredxxx wrote:

On 07/11/2015 23:37, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 22:54:34 -0000, Rod Speed
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"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 21:46:51 -0000, Rod Speed
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"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:23:54 -0000, Cursitor Doom

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On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:19:27 +0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

Besides, I've never actually observed a fault where the chassis
becomes
live. The only shocks I've ever had were worn cables on a mower,
touching a switch with wet hands when outside, etc. Now if the
supply
had been isolated, I wouldn't have received a shock.

Naw, you want an RCD for that, mate.

Which wouldn't be needed if they simply removed the earth from the
neutral.

Wrong. You can still get killed with that config.

But in half the number of ways.

Wrong when its done at the substation.

Explain.

There might just be a reason why no one does it that way world wide.

The link I posted originally suggests it may be nothing more tan historic.

And remember RCDs never used to exist.

Irrelevant to what makes sense now that they do.

RCDs are a nuisance. I would never install one in my house.

You're free to be as stupid as you like. Sooner fools like you die the
better.

240 volts is not usually dangerous. And it's ****ing annoying when you
get nuisance trips.

Try it on a circuit without an RCD a few times, then tell us of your
experience.

Try what on a circuit without an RCD? My house has no RCD, it has a fusebox, the traditional kind with fusewire.

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