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<blockquote data-quote="NozSpark" data-source="post: 503579" data-attributes="member: 601"><p>The one point that I'll pick up on is that they removed RCD protection for the circuit.... the regs while the regulations are not retrospective, any work that we do has to comply with the regulations that are in place at the time that the work is carried out,,, so if this cable is buried &lt;50mm in a wall, goes through a metal frame stud work or passes through a bathroom then it needs RCD protection... the best way to achieve this of PV would be to protect it with a RCBO or through it's own consumer unit with appropriate fault and overload protection... as for the type of RCD that it should have,,, I'd say that an "AC" type RCD is no longer appropriate for a new installation or alteration of a PV circuit and that an "A" or possibly even "B" type RCD would be better suited</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NozSpark, post: 503579, member: 601"] The one point that I'll pick up on is that they removed RCD protection for the circuit.... the regs while the regulations are not retrospective, any work that we do has to comply with the regulations that are in place at the time that the work is carried out,,, so if this cable is buried <50mm in a wall, goes through a metal frame stud work or passes through a bathroom then it needs RCD protection... the best way to achieve this of PV would be to protect it with a RCBO or through it's own consumer unit with appropriate fault and overload protection... as for the type of RCD that it should have,,, I'd say that an "AC" type RCD is no longer appropriate for a new installation or alteration of a PV circuit and that an "A" or possibly even "B" type RCD would be better suited [/QUOTE]
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