"BigWallop" wrote in message
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"John Armstrong" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:43:16 -0000, RichardS wrote:

An afterthought, lest anyone read the post and come to the conclusion
that
I'm a dangerous bodger....

I do take pride in workmanship and adherence to the wiring regs -
they're a
very good guide of best practise. So, the existence of this socket in
my
house installation does cause me a certain amount of disquiet.

Hell, I might even get round to it before Jan 1, and sidestep the
whole
issue.

As I understand it, it is putting in a new circuit that brings it within
the new regs. Why don't you put in the extra RCD protected circuit
breaker
now, connected to a socket/junction box next to the CU? Then when you
get
chance to run the cable to the outdoor socket, it is an existing circuit
you are working on, so it falls outside the regs.


Or just change the existing FCU for a double pole RCD unit. This gives
full
isolation to the external socket for servicing / repair / replacement, and
it also give you the full protection you need when in use with an
appliance.
No change, extension or replacement on the original circuit, just a
replacement of the front plate on the FCU back box.

Like this one:

http://www.diynot.com/shop/RCD_FUSED...TION_UNIT/3952



Yup, both of those would do it.,

However, my reading of the regs - well the proposed changes - was that
touching an installed RCD was automatically outwith minor works.


--
Richard Sampson

mail me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk