RCD Archives

Hager answer some frequently asked questions about the correct protection for heat pump installations

|Date: 4 September, 2025

Hager answer some frequently asked questions about the correct protection for heat pump installations

Mark Kimberley, Residential Market Manager at Hager UK, identifies some of the frequently asked questions ...

Mark Kimberley, Residential Market Manager at Hager UK, identifies some of the frequently asked questions that are springing up in relation to the correct protection for heat pump installations. Q. Wh ...

4 September, 2025
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How to record the details of protective devices on the ‘Schedule of circuit details’

|Date: 12 February, 2025

How to record the details of protective devices on the ‘Schedule of circuit details’

A number of protective devices are now available which perform more than one function, such as Residual C ...

A number of protective devices are now available which perform more than one function, such as Residual Current operated Circuit-Breakers with integral Overcurrent protection (RCBO), and combination R ...

12 February, 2025
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RCD Types and applications for electric vehicle charging installations

|Date: 18 December, 2024

RCD Types and applications for electric vehicle charging installations

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses RCD Types and applications for electric vehi ...

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses RCD Types and applications for electric vehicle charging installations whilst considering the requirements of BS 7671:2018+A3:2024. RCD ter ...

18 December, 2024
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18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

|Date: 14 June, 2024

18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation ...

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation? A better understanding of RCD requirements associated with HPs can save time and money for yo ...

14 June, 2024
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What are the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors? | Hager

|Date: 12 June, 2024

What are the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors? | Hager

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, shares the importance of observing protective device t ...

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, shares the importance of observing protective device terminal markings and discusses the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors, includin ...

12 June, 2024
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Codebreakers #71

|Date: 5 March, 2024

Codebreakers #71

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition ...

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition Codebreakers publication, answer your latest coding queries. Click on the photos for a closer l ...

5 March, 2024
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Prioritise your protection | Timeguard

|Date: 9 April, 2021

Prioritise your protection | Timeguard

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether the SRCD protection you install is up to standard. RCD-protec ...

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether the SRCD protection you install is up to standard. RCD-protected switched sockets and spurs (SRCDs) should at the very least comply with the latest safety s ...

9 April, 2021
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18th Edition: Earth leakage explained

|Date: 13 November, 2019

18th Edition: Earth leakage explained

Do you need to know if your cables are leaky? According to the 18th Edition, the answer is ‘yes’, as Dave ...

Do you need to know if your cables are leaky? According to the 18th Edition, the answer is ‘yes’, as Dave Sweetman, Marketing & Business Development Director at Di-LOG Group explains. How often ha ...

13 November, 2019
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Bureau Veritas RCD warning

|Date: 31 October, 2019

Bureau Veritas RCD warning

Bureau Veritas warns of rising number of AC type Residual current devices (RCDs) being adversely affected ...

Bureau Veritas warns of rising number of AC type Residual current devices (RCDs) being adversely affected by direct currents (DC) from electronic devices and renewable energy sources. Their warning fo ...

31 October, 2019
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RCD Protection: Is It Fit For Purpose?

|Date: 17 June, 2019

RCD Protection: Is It Fit For Purpose?

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether your RCD protection is up to standard. It’s now two years sin ...

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether your RCD protection is up to standard. It’s now two years since the latest British Standard for RCD protection and, while there has been the usual period of ...

17 June, 2019
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