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That comment could've been written by AI ! AI itself may or may not require large-scale computational servers. After all, I can add AI (a neural n...
@trebor12345 - your original Topic about the right type of fuse for your heat-pump is still 'live' but now renamed to Surge Protection Devices.You and...
You're on the right track. An RCBO uses an electronic circuit to fire the solonoid coil, rather than the current created from a toroid being 'out of...
O-oh! Let's take this as an opportunity to 'pass the word' about bi-directional RCBOs onward to the professional electrician community!
I can answer that point! 🙂 DC breakers have a pair of magnets either side of the arms which have the contacts at the end. When the contac...
Well spotted @jancold - It depends when that RCBO was installed of course. The Amendment to the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations isn't ret...
Not quite... Correction required! Those discussions here on the Forum related to bi-directional RCBOs. @bobflux is writing about RCDs.That's a dif...
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