I had that in my previous flat, including the bonding to the plumbing system. .
Some time ago (in another group), someone tried to argue that it was dangerous to attach the metal body of an appliance to earth. I never did follow the logic of that.
If you put your house on the market, everything you've ever done presents an issue. As well as everything you've not done, and everything that anybody else has ever done.
But more so if it is visible and a clear breach of some requirement.
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40ms is the minimum trip time for a RCD at 5 times or greater than it's rated trip current.
At it's rated trip current the maximum trip time is 300ms.
A lot of people seem to think that an RCD limits the current to 30mA. It doesn't. It only limits the duration, so a shock that is terminated by an RCD tripping can still be a very unpleasant experience.
John
And TV studios for feeding electric guitars, etc. You could never be sure of the state they were in. ;-)
FFS. How much would it cost to remove and blank off safely?
I did say 'could'.
Turns out a lot of those isolation transformers weren't actually isolating. DAMHIKT.
But can it be fatal, which is the point we are currently debating (pun intended)?
Every bathroom in Spain that I have been in has at least one socket for Hair Dryer etc. My builder asked "one or two" when re-fitting.
How many die in Spain from electrocution?
Probably as many as get gored to death by bulls. Here we die of bullshit.
Same in Denmark.
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