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AFDD (AFCI)

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Arc Fault Detection Device (Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (America))

 

They are here (BS-EN6206), is there any danger of the chaos they inflicted on the US being introduced here by inclusion in BS7671 in the foreseeable future?

 

BS-EN6206 may as well be a photocopy of UL1699 in which the manufacturers specified the test criteria and has been a bone of contention in the US ever since.

 

UL = US Underwriting Laboratories 

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    Is there a BS EN 6206 ?


    Did you mean this one?

    PD IEC/TR 62066:2002


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    I think he means BS EN 62606.
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    Ah yes, sorry,


    Not familiar with this standard ... all I can add for now, is it's not currently referenced in BS 7671:2008+A3:2015, however there is an option to use such devices under Reg 532.1 for additional protection against fire for resistive faults (see NOTE 3 of that Reg, and the referenced Reg 422.3.9)


    I will look over BS EN 62606 as soon as I get 5 mins.


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    Sorry BS-EN62606:2013

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