Do socket outlets in a Pub need to be RCD/RCBO protected!

[Toneyz]

Normally I would say if inspected to BS7671 C3 however I see page 11 regarding installations to earlier editions "this does not mean that they will fail to achieve conformity with the relevant parts of the EWR 1989.Also regs 114 & 115.Having thought about it I am I & T to BS7671 so C3,C2 if it was a outside socket. The pub should have a risk assessment in place to the activities taking place on its premises.

 

[Risteard]

Normally I would say if inspected to BS7671 C3 however I see page 11 regarding installations to earlier editions "this does not mean that they will fail to achieve conformity with the relevant parts of the EWR 1989.Also regs 114 & 115.Having thought about it I am I & T to BS7671 so C3,C2 if it was a outside socket. The pub should have a risk assessment in place to the activities taking place on its premises.

A statement suggests that an installation installed to an earlier Edition may not necessarily be unsafe. That certainly isn't the same thing as stating that it definitely is safe, however.

It is clear that since RCD protection is now required it must be attributed a coded observation. It is up to the Inspector to assess how serious the ommission of RCD protection is. So certainly it could be justified to suggest that C3 is insufficient in the particular circumstances, and that, therefore, a C2 would be more appropriate.