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RCD for whirlpool bath

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  • 23-08-2013 9:53am
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    paulireland
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭


    Hi all
    Am about to install a whirlpool bath
    Pump is rated at 960 Watt
    Do I install a dedicated RCD/breaker in the fuse board for it ?
    Was thinking off fitting a unswitched fused spur under the bath fed from the RCD and connecting the pump to this
    Thanks in advance
    Paul


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    2011
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    Sounds good to me.
    Personally I would install an RCBO (same thing really, just a little neater).


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    paulireland
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭paulireland


    Thanks 2011-whats a rcbo


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,593 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    paulireland wrote: »
    Thanks 2011-whats a rcbo

    Basically it is an RCD and MCB combined in a single unit.


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    2011
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    I would strongly reccomend that only a qualified electrician carry out work on a distribution board.

    Remember it is easy to get thing to work electrically, the difficult part is to get them working safley and it takes training to be able to do that!


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    paulireland
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭paulireland


    Thanks again
    When the fuse board was modernised with a new board a elcb was fitted on the socket circuits and later one for an electric shower was added
    The rcbo seems to require an earth connection as well which the elcb did not


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    paulireland
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭paulireland


    One last question
    Pump is 960W-what size fuse will I put in the spur outlet box
    Cheers


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    2011
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    paulireland wrote: »
    The rcbo seems to require an earth connection as well which the elcb did not

    Incorrect!


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    tomdempsey200
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    2011 wrote: »
    Incorrect!

    some do-but they mostly use 'em in the UK


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,593 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    tomdempsey200 wrote: »
    some do-but they mostly use 'em in the UK

    Hardly standard for a domestic installation and does not differentiate between an RCBO and an ELCB.


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    paulireland
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭paulireland


    Thanks again all
    Have just got a RCBO
    No earth connection-30mA standard RCBO-16A
    Should do the job


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