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Specialist
Hey guys: Friend of mine recently had his house rewired, AM3 CU etc, nice neat pucker job & all certified.
Anyway over the last few days he's been having a new heating system installed on a Green deal.
Went over for a cuppa earlier & the contractors sparky was there to wire everything up.
He was taking a spur from the RFC which isn't a problem, boiler is in the main bedroom. Would have been better to drop down into the CU 4' below but hey not a biggie.
The bit I found strange was that he was coming out of the FCU, he then fitted a 30a 30ma rcd . When I asked why he was doing this, the answer was simply that Green deal says they have to fit an RCD no matter what.
Anyone got any idea why ? it's totally pointless to me.
I could understand it if there was no RCD in the CU but every circuit in the house is RCD protected.
Anyway over the last few days he's been having a new heating system installed on a Green deal.
Went over for a cuppa earlier & the contractors sparky was there to wire everything up.
He was taking a spur from the RFC which isn't a problem, boiler is in the main bedroom. Would have been better to drop down into the CU 4' below but hey not a biggie.
The bit I found strange was that he was coming out of the FCU, he then fitted a 30a 30ma rcd . When I asked why he was doing this, the answer was simply that Green deal says they have to fit an RCD no matter what.
Anyone got any idea why ? it's totally pointless to me.
I could understand it if there was no RCD in the CU but every circuit in the house is RCD protected.