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Greetings all what are your local rules on earth leakage protection AKA ground fault protection now in 2024?
I know some of the rules have been updated and 30ma Residual Current Devices (RCD) seem to be the norm.
Are there ever lower requirements like 5ma, 10ma or 20ma?
I have herd Australia and New Zealand use slightly different standards for them.
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GFCI at 5ma is pretty much the standard here for personal safety.
You get 30ma protection in an AFCI and we get them most places that don't require GFCI


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30 mA for all domestic circuits up to 20 or 32 A in most parts of Europe, no requirements for more sensitive protection that I'm aware of but keep in mind that Europe is a continent with dozens of independent countries, almost each of which has its own electrical regulations. Most, if not all of those are based on the CENELEC harmonisation documents but with countless national additions and exceptions. In commercial and industrial installations usually 30 mA for socket circuits up to the limits I mentioned above, not required for hard-wired appliances and lighting circuits, unless classified as special locations (primarily high fire risk, e.g. woodworking, storage of flammable materials, etc.). 10 mA is readily available but nothing smaller.

The actual implementation depends on local customs and, to a degree, cost - one main RCD, multiple RCDs or individual RCBOs can be used.

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The US can be as "Unique" as Europe. We do live under common standards with the same basic hardware everywhere but when it comes to enforcement, there are over 3000 AHJs out there with the power to change the rule if they want. A trade might need a notebook with all the changes in the jurisdictions he works in.
After Andrew (hurricane) Florida decided to stop the madness and ten years of bureaucracy brought is a unified building code code, the same in every jurisdiction. We use the ICC building code set and the NEC for electrical. They also tightened up licensing for trades and created the state inspector license.
At least one state is trying to normalize this business.


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