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    GE Consumer & Industrial


    Power Protection

    GE Consumer & Industrial


    Power Protection

    Consumer unit Requirements


    17th Edition Wiring Regulations BS 7671 : 2008
    In July 2008, for Residential and Domestic installations the 17th Edition wiring regulations came into effect.

    Its is important to understand that the 17th Edition differentiates between installations depending on the user. The regulations
    discuss installations not under the supervision of a skilled or instructed persons and socket outlets for general use by ordinary
    persons With this the installation requires Additional Circuit Protection by the use of 30mA RCDs tted to many circuits which
    have not previously needed protection from an RCD.
    The most signicant change is the introduction requiring additional protection by RCDs.
    The 3 main points for consideration are:
    1. Socket outlets
    2. Cables buried in walls
    3. Locations containing a bath or a shower
    All sockets with a rated current not exceeding 20A should be protected by a 30mA RCD whether on the ground oor of a
    domestic dwelling or the top oor of a high rise apartment block.
    All sockets in a room with a bath or shower shall be protected by one or more RCDs.
    All cables concealed beneath the plaster surface of a wall or partition (at less than 50mm without earthed mechanical protection
    such as conduit) should be protected by a 30mA RCD.

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    compa tion
    tible

    Installations should be divided up into circuits so as to take account of danger and inconvenience caused by a single circuit
    fault, such as a lighting circuit and to take account of danger that may arise from the failure such and to reduce the possibility
    of unwanted tripping of RCDs.
    Most domestic installations are made up of a few lighting circuits, a few socket circuits and the same with the bathroom circuits.
    With the new legislation these can no longer be grouped together using only MCBs as protection devices. It is important to
    understand and to ensure that if a single fault occurs it should not cause inconvenience to any other circuit. For instance if there
    was to be a fault with an electric shower, the tripping of the protection device should not plunge the rest of the bathroom into
    darkness.
    With the many different types of property to consider and the many different types of equipment such as smoke alarms. Each
    dwelling will require its own design considerations.
    GE can help you with your selection providing help on site if required and can offer a wide variety of NEW consumer units and
    devices to help both the designer and the installer to meet the new regulations.

    GE POWER CONTROLS Ltd


    129-135 Camp Road
    St Albans
    Herts AL1 5HL
    United Kingdom
    Customer Service
    Tel. 0800 587 1251
    Fax 0800 587 1239
    E-mail: [email protected]

    Consumer Units
    Just feel protected

    www.ge.com/eu/powerprotection

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    R/2313/E/E 5.0 Ed 06/08
    Copyright GE Consumer & Industrial 2008

    Consumer unit

    Consumer unit

    Option 1: Insulated main switch up to 100A Consumer Unit MS11

    17th e
    di
    compa tion
    tible

    Cooker

    Shower

    Down stairs
    sockets

    Up stairs
    sockets

    Kitchen
    sockets

    Immersion
    heater

    Upstairs
    lighting

    Down stairs
    lighting

    Burglar
    alarms

    Smoke
    alarms

    Selecting RCBOs for every outgoing circuit meets all regulations ensuring a dedicated 30mA protected supply to every circuit

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    RCBO

    Insulated main switch up


    p to 100A

    Spare
    Main
    Isolator

    40A
    30mA

    40A
    30mA

    32A
    30mA

    32A
    30mA

    32A
    30mA

    16A
    30mA

    6A
    30mA

    6A
    30mA

    6A
    30mA

    6A
    30mA

    No. of
    ways

    Rating
    (A)

    HxWxD
    code*

    Cat. No.

    Ref. No.

    Pack.

    1(1)
    2(1)
    4
    6
    8
    11
    16

    63A
    63A
    100A
    100A
    100A
    100A
    100A

    A
    A
    B
    B
    B
    C
    D

    MS1
    MS2
    MS4
    MS6
    MS8
    MS11
    MS16

    662100
    662101
    662102
    662103
    662104
    662105
    662106

    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1

    Option 2: Insulated split load, 100A main switch & 80A 30mA RCCB Consumer Unit SL66

    Down stairs
    Sockets

    RCBO

    Down stairs
    Sockets

    RCBO

    Immersion heater

    Down stairs
    lightning

    RCBO

    Down stairs
    Sockets

    Up stairs
    sockets

    RCBO

    Insulated split
    p load 100A main switch & 80A 30mA RCCB

    Shower

    Kitchen
    sockets

    RCBO

    Up stairs
    sockets

    Cooker

    This arrangement provides an RCD with a small group of circuits and other critical circuits with independent 30mA protection (RCBO)

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    40A

    32A

    16A

    6A

    6A

    Pre-congured
    g
    6
    10
    10
    12
    14
    Flexible busbar
    10
    14

    RCD

    Spare
    Main
    Isolator

    40A
    30mA

    32A
    30mA

    32A
    30mA

    6A
    30mA

    6A
    30mA

    Split
    p

    No. of
    ways

    30mA

    Spare

    HxWxD
    code*

    Cat. No.

    Ref. No.

    Pack.

    Iso

    RCCB

    3
    5
    6
    6
    7

    3
    5
    4
    6
    7

    B
    C
    C
    D
    D

    SL33
    SL55
    SL64
    SL66
    SL77

    662119
    662120
    662121
    662122
    662123

    1
    1
    1
    1
    1

    3/7
    5/9

    7/3
    9/5

    D
    D

    FSL10
    FSL14

    662125
    662126

    1
    1

    Option 3: Dual 80A 30mA RCCB insulated split load, 100A main switch Consumer Unit with dedicated RCD
    protected circuits TSL345

    MCB

    40A

    32A

    32A

    Hall and stair


    way lighting

    MCB

    Up stairs
    lights

    MCB

    Down stairs
    sockets

    Down stairs
    lights

    RCBO

    Cooker

    Up stairs
    sockets

    Insulated split
    p load 100A main switch & Dual 80A 30mA RCCB
    Shower

    RCBO

    Burgler
    alarm

    Smoke
    detector

    This arrangement provides two RCD protected circuits and other critical circuits with independent 30mA protection (RCBO)

    RCD

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    30mA

    40A

    32A

    6A

    6A

    RCD

    Spare
    Main
    Isolator

    6A
    30mA

    6A
    30mA

    Spare

    Split
    p

    No. of
    ways

    Spare

    30mA

    Pre-congured
    6
    10
    10
    12
    12
    Flexible busbar
    12

    Iso

    RCCB

    RCCB

    2
    3
    4
    2
    4

    2
    4
    4
    5
    5

    2
    5
    2
    5
    5

    3/4/5

    5/4/3

    HxWxD
    code*

    Cat. No.

    Ref. No.

    Pack.

    C
    D
    D
    D
    D

    TSL222
    TSL345
    TSL442
    TSL255
    TSL444

    662152
    662153
    662154
    662155
    662156

    1
    1
    1
    1
    1

    FTSL12

    662161

    Option 4: Dual 80A 30mA RCCB insulated split load, 100A main switch Consumer Unit with dedicated RCD
    protected circuits DSL55

    Main
    Isolator

    RCD

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    30 mA

    40A

    32A

    32A

    6A

    Spare

    Insulated split
    p load 100A main switch & 80A 30mA RCCB

    Hall and stair


    way lighting

    Up stairs
    lights

    Down stairs
    sockets

    Cooker

    Down stairs
    lights

    Up stairs
    sockets

    Kitchen
    sockets

    Shower

    This arrangement provides two RCD protected circuits

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    MCB

    40A

    32A

    6A

    6A

    RCD

    Spare

    30 mA

    Complete range of Consumer Units: see catalogue

    Split
    p

    No. of
    ways
    Pre-congured
    g
    10
    10
    10
    12
    Flexible busbar
    12

    HxWxD
    code*

    Cat. No.

    Ref. No.

    Pack.

    RCCB

    RCCB

    4
    6
    5
    6

    4
    4
    5
    6

    C
    D
    D
    D

    DSL44
    DSL64
    DSL55
    DSL66

    662157
    662158
    662159
    662160

    1
    1
    1
    1

    5/7

    7/5

    DFSL12

    662163

    *Complete range of Consumer Units: see catalogue.

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