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<blockquote data-quote="Ardet R" data-source="post: 474011" data-attributes="member: 30040"><p>Yes you have the essence in a nutshell.</p><p></p><p>Subject to satisfactory testing of the circuit, by description, the installation is compliant to a very old version of the wiring regulations, it is not compliant with the much safer regulations now in place (though there is no requirement to update unchanged installations, it is a recommended action in general and any new work<em> is</em> required to comply).</p><p></p><p>In essence if the circuit is in the condition to which it was installed then a direct short live to earth would blow the fuse.</p><p></p><p>An electrical path through a small volume of water and a human body may only allow 10-100mA (very variable) to flow, and cause a shock sensation but will never blow a 32A fuse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ardet R, post: 474011, member: 30040"] Yes you have the essence in a nutshell. Subject to satisfactory testing of the circuit, by description, the installation is compliant to a very old version of the wiring regulations, it is not compliant with the much safer regulations now in place (though there is no requirement to update unchanged installations, it is a recommended action in general and any new work[I] is[/I] required to comply). In essence if the circuit is in the condition to which it was installed then a direct short live to earth would blow the fuse. An electrical path through a small volume of water and a human body may only allow 10-100mA (very variable) to flow, and cause a shock sensation but will never blow a 32A fuse. [/QUOTE]
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