Hello,
Friends of ours have already built with the same general contractor as we are using. They are already living in their house, and ours is currently under construction.
According to their circuit breaker panel, the electrical wiring is set up so that, for example, the bedroom light upstairs, the children’s room upstairs, and the guest room downstairs are all on the same circuit breaker. So multiple rooms, both upstairs and downstairs, are on one breaker. I’m a bit unsure because someone recently told me that nowadays each room should be on its own circuit breaker. Is this still standard practice? Or is it outdated?
Their ventilation system is connected to the same residual current device (RCD or GFCI) as the outdoor sockets. Since the heating system is an exhaust air heat pump, it shuts off when it detects the ventilation is off.
This means that if something goes wrong outside and the RCD trips, the ventilation and thus the entire heating system also shuts down. Is this considered standard or proper practice?
Friends of ours have already built with the same general contractor as we are using. They are already living in their house, and ours is currently under construction.
According to their circuit breaker panel, the electrical wiring is set up so that, for example, the bedroom light upstairs, the children’s room upstairs, and the guest room downstairs are all on the same circuit breaker. So multiple rooms, both upstairs and downstairs, are on one breaker. I’m a bit unsure because someone recently told me that nowadays each room should be on its own circuit breaker. Is this still standard practice? Or is it outdated?
Their ventilation system is connected to the same residual current device (RCD or GFCI) as the outdoor sockets. Since the heating system is an exhaust air heat pump, it shuts off when it detects the ventilation is off.
This means that if something goes wrong outside and the RCD trips, the ventilation and thus the entire heating system also shuts down. Is this considered standard or proper practice?
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Bau-Schmidt20 Aug 2017 16:13The standard according to VDE is at least 2 RCDs.