Rcd outdoor skt.

[gregorabbott]

Hi guys quick question. Neighbour wants outdoor skt at garden shed. Her house has no rcd protection. Old rewirable fuse board. Cable to be buried underground. Going to spur off closest skt, then out to shed in armour cable. Without upgrading the fuse board is there any way I can rcd protect the armour cable? Taking the armour cable back to the fuse board and fitting a seperate rcd enclosure is practically impossible. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[RyanCheetham]

Use an RCD spur? Back to the board is the best way though

 

[camerabloke]

Out of socket to RCD spur then out to the shed. Better to wire from board though

 

[camerabloke]

Hahaha jinx

 

[telectrix]

why do you want RCD protection on SWA?

 

[camerabloke]

He didn't say it was swa.

 

[camerabloke]

Yes he did. Sorry

 

[GLENNSPARK]

whats the earthing arrangements?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Yes Tel, my thoughts exactly.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

so..
i`ll ask again:

whats the earthing arrangements?

caus if its a TT then theres other more pressing issues to resolve ..isn`t there.....

 

[gregorabbott]

T N-S if I remember correctly. Thanks for the replies folks. R.c.d. Spur it is then.

 

[Octopus]

T N-S if I remember correctly. Thanks for the replies folks. R.c.d. Spur it is then.[/QUOTE] Why????

 

[gregorabbott]

In my line of work I don't do much of this sort of thing so out of laziness I asked on here. But it just seems to be full of smart arses. After checking the regs book I can see no requirements for rcd protection for cables buried underground. Reg 522.8.10 only states that a cable buried underground shall incorporate an earthed armour or metal sheath and should be buried at sufficient depth with suitable marking tape etc. sorry for any inconvenience. I was wrong to assume the cable would need to be rcd protected.

 

[Octopus]

In my line of work I don't do much of this sort of thing so out of laziness I asked on here. But it just seems to be full of smart arses. After checking the regs book I can see no requirements for rcd protection for cables buried underground. Reg 522.8.10 only states that a cable buried underground shall incorporate an earthed armour or metal sheath and should be buried at sufficient depth with suitable marking tape etc. sorry for any inconvenience. I was wrong to assume the cable would need to be rcd protected.

So step one, you looked it up - the next poser is what depth does it need to be buried at?

 

[gregorabbott]

No actual depth specified in the regs.

 

[Octopus]

No actual depth specified in the regs.

Are you sure?

 

[Badged01]

I was wrong to assume the cable would need to be rcd protected.

You could have been right if it was a TT system and not a TN-S.

 

[gregorabbott]

Yip.just states the cable shall be buried at sufficient depth to avoid being damaged by any reasonably foreseeable disturbance of the ground.

 

[Octopus]

Yip.just states the cable shall be buried at sufficient depth to avoid being damaged by any reasonably foreseeable disturbance of the ground.

Maybe look again!

 

[Stroppy]

I see nothing at all has changed around here. Someone asks as question and gets the p*ss taken out of them. No-one's taking any notice of:

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