I live in an old house and the consumer unit does not have an RCD built in. One day I'll get it replaced, but in the meantime I want to make the power in the kids' room as safe as possible. I've bought an RCD plug (made by Masterplug) and wired it to a 4-way adapter. Is this safe? Is there any reason not to leave these devices on permanently?
Cheers,
John
1 Whats to stop the ids from unplugging it (Apart from the threat of death from you if they do) 2 Why not install a separate small box alongside with a single RCD unit in it? 3 Why not just rewire the CU completely and be safe ALL over the house?
I have one of these for use in the workroom ,
The only downside is that the individual sockets aren't switched, but if you are prepared to pay £52 rather than £21 you can get this
these for =A319
Socket is behind bed, inaccessible to them.
Didn't know about these, thanks, will get one
Time, money, the usual reasons.
protection is not needed. Thanks for hte tip.
Not at all, I used to have a couple of those sockets before changing the CU.
not fit in the existing back box.
Don't know about the other ones but I do remember the Volex ones I had were fitted to a 25mm back box.
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