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Dimmer Circuit Question... Dont Laugh
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<blockquote data-quote="the doctor" data-source="post: 361986" data-attributes="member: 75"><p>Hello All,</p><p></p><p>I am working away ( as funds and time allow) on the new Irish home. Anyway, she who must be obeyed wants these new fangled dimmable LED lights in the main rooms and very nice they are too. My question/ realisation regards circuit protection for these type of circuits.... Here goes.</p><p></p><p>If a circuit as per BS7671 has to have a low enough value of Zs to trip the protection within the maximum trip time, what about a half dimmed circuit? Throwing Mr Ohm into the equation, if the switch wire leg is at say 115V ( half voltage) then the current in a fault would also be half. There must come a tipping point where the voltage and therefore fault current becomes so low that the breaker will just carry the fault current and the house might burn. Should it not be a regulation that a dimmable circuit be on an RCD?</p><p></p><p>BTW, in Ireland, a concealed non armoured/ mechanically protected cable does not have to be RCD protected, only in the 'safe zones' like The UK. </p><p></p><p>And further, here you measure 'ZL' not ZS :innocent </p><p></p><p>The Doctor is on a bit of a learning curve.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the doctor, post: 361986, member: 75"] Hello All, I am working away ( as funds and time allow) on the new Irish home. Anyway, she who must be obeyed wants these new fangled dimmable LED lights in the main rooms and very nice they are too. My question/ realisation regards circuit protection for these type of circuits.... Here goes. If a circuit as per BS7671 has to have a low enough value of Zs to trip the protection within the maximum trip time, what about a half dimmed circuit? Throwing Mr Ohm into the equation, if the switch wire leg is at say 115V ( half voltage) then the current in a fault would also be half. There must come a tipping point where the voltage and therefore fault current becomes so low that the breaker will just carry the fault current and the house might burn. Should it not be a regulation that a dimmable circuit be on an RCD? BTW, in Ireland, a concealed non armoured/ mechanically protected cable does not have to be RCD protected, only in the 'safe zones' like The UK. And further, here you measure 'ZL' not ZS :innocent The Doctor is on a bit of a learning curve....... [/QUOTE]
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