Mike Clarke wrote:
In article , wrote:

tony sayer wrote:

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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.

So someone plugs a (faulty?) power sander into a bedroom socket, puts it
beside the open window, goes outside and climbs the aluminium ladder to
sand the window frame before painting it ....

But then, even with a RCD, perhaps the initial jolt would throw them off
the ladder anyway so I suppose it's a lose - lose situation.

I didn't say it was actually a good idea to do things this way, I was
just saying what I believed to be the normal interpretation.
Personally I try and RCD protect all socket circuits, preferably with
an RCD/RCBD per circuit.

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Chris Green