tony sayer wrote:
In article , Lurch
writes
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:25:25 +0100, tony sayer
strung together this:

Back to the cooker circuit protection business, it appears that some
cooker outlet plates have a 13 amp outlet on them which isn't or won't
normally be protected into which you could plug a duff appliance etc
with attendant shock risk?.....

According to the regulations you don't need RCD protection for the
socket, only RCD protection if someone is likely to plug something
into it that is used outdoors.
So if it has a socket, it doesn't neccesarily need an RCD behind it.

Well that's a cock arsed way to look at it then. So all the other 13 amp
sockets are only in need of RCD protection if what's plugged into them
are used outdoors too?...

It's what the regulations say. In practice it's usually interpreted
as meaning that an upstairs ring circuit doesn't have to have RCD
protection (accordong to the regulations) but that a circuit supplying
*any* downstairs sockets should have RCD protection.

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Chris Green