In message <[email protected]>, dated Thu, 5 Jun 2008, "Kunde, Brian" <[email protected]> writes:
>I didn't think about that. Are GFI commonly used in the UK and Hong >Kong or just in hospitals? Our devices are called 'Residual Current Circuit Breakers' (RCCBs) and are a different species from GFIs, within the same genus probably. They are quite common in UK, under the 16th edition of the IEE Regulations (BS 7671), and the new 17th edition requires many more of them. >Have the 230VAC GFIs in the UK evolved over the years from a once >unreliable nightmare to a very reliable must-have device like in the >US? Yes, they are pretty reliable now. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
