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Do only electronic RCD's/RCBO's have functional earths?
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Does the equivalent model do without?
It has been a few years since I gave it up...
It has been a few years since I gave it up...
Yea nothing Eaton has a FE.
The MR30s still have a FE but they're a MEM legacy product.
I don't remember seeing an RCD with a FE other than the A100HE.
The MR30s still have a FE but they're a MEM legacy product.
I don't remember seeing an RCD with a FE other than the A100HE.
Returning the the original question, I have to say that I personally agree with Eaton about this. No matter what vocabulary one uses, the chance of a lost neutral and an earth fault arising simultaneously is so extremely small that I really don't think it's really a justification for having a FE on RCBOs.
It's worth saying again that the great majority of UK installations rely on RCDs, rather than RCBOs, for fault protection and, AFAIAA, very few (if any - I'm never seen one) of them will have FEs.
Kind Regards, John
It's worth saying again that the great majority of UK installations rely on RCDs, rather than RCBOs, for fault protection and, AFAIAA, very few (if any - I'm never seen one) of them will have FEs.
Kind Regards, John