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#189139 17-Dec-2015 22:16
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Currently the bathroom has a PDL RCD powerpoint installed. I have checked the circuit and find that the wash machine is on the same circuit as the bathroom RCD powerpoint, but it's on the upper stream, actually the wash machine is on the 1st powerpoint. Please forgive my terminology.

Since the fuse box is the old style thus there is no RCD on the panel, can I relocate the RCD powerpoint from the bathroom to the wash machine?  So it can protect both the wash machine and the bathroom, and some others in between. The capacity of the circuit is 15A which is lower than PDL RCD's 20A. 

I think the rule says you have to have RCD protected powerpoint in the bathroom.
But does it specify where exactly the RCD device should be located? 

Thanks guys. 



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  #1452857 18-Dec-2015 10:05
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PPAP: Currently the bathroom has a PDL RCD powerpoint installed. I have checked the circuit and find that the wash machine is on the same circuit as the bathroom RCD powerpoint, but it's on the upper stream, actually the wash machine is on the 1st powerpoint. Please forgive my terminology.

Since the fuse box is the old style thus there is no RCD on the panel, can I relocate the RCD powerpoint from the bathroom to the wash machine?  So it can protect both the wash machine and the bathroom, and some others in between. The capacity of the circuit is 15A which is lower than PDL RCD's 20A. 

I think the rule says you have to have RCD protected powerpoint in the bathroom.
But does it specify where exactly the RCD device should be located? 

Thanks guys. 





It can be relocated further up stream of the circuit, as long as the downstream sockets (the bathroom in this case) are wired to the protected terminals.

As usual, get an electrician to relocate it, it should be a simple easy job, it should be certified as safe by the electrician after it's done.

Don't attempt to do this yourself, wiring these the wrong way around will damage them beyond use.


---I am an Electrician---


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