2007-11-01 01:39:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Because they are 'Fixed' wiring, there is much less danger of shock to earth, as there is with portable equipment. Many more circuits will be RCD protected from next year(17th Edition Regs.)
2007-11-01 02:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As has been suggested buy a plug in RCD or get a sparks to modify the circuits so all the sockets are protected. Huge is actually incorrect in his statement re RCD and lighting circuits as all new installations/rewires have RCD in some if not all lighting circuits as required by the current British Standard.
2016-04-11 07:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 main reasons:
Safety - if you have an electrical fault, the last thing you want is to be left in the dark
electrical regs have a wonderful phrase "safe by position". Lighting is generally out of the way and you are unlikley to get a shock from its wires, whereas sockets can have all sorts of portable equipment plugged into them which are in close contact with you.
our house does not have a split board so the lot is protected.
2007-11-01 05:33:55 · answer #3 · answered by Michael H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh but they are, the lighting circuits in your home are protected by either an RCCB/ELCB or a fuse in your fusebox.
2007-11-02 02:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by J I H 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋