ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade Non-US Electrical Systems & Trades Combined switch and socket outlet

Andy,

thanks for the picture. This is the type of combination the parts I listed above add up to. (The box is a surface mounted one, but that doesn't really make any difference)

Paul, apart from some very recent installations most houses here would only have an RCD on the sockets and waterheaters.

I always find that kinda weird as most people seem to get shocks from light bulb holders! In my experience anyway.

So when the RCD trips the lights stay on

C-H,

our on-wall boxes look the same, but we dont have metal ones, only plastic.

The in-wall boxes are round and made of plastic. Only bigger junction boxes are rectangular.




these are special double inwall-boxes. but there are also single ones that fit to each other in the right distance.

[This message has been edited by :andy: (edited 03-01-2004).]

That's the way it is often done on TN-S or TN-C-S (PME) systems here these days, but the TT earthing which is still common in rural areas necessitates RCD protection on all circuits. The majority of such homes I see in this area still just use a single RCD rather than splitting the loads.

i think its a good thing to have several gfcis/rcds for several parts of the house, but thats mostly a cost factor.

i'd be happy if rain on my christmas lights wouldnt directly darken my linvingroom...