Single module safety switch / circuit breakers are the best protective devices available
Safety switches – Have you ever experienced those annoying safety switch faults on your power or lighting circuits that you just cannot seem to pin-point without having to call an electrician? You know the type of fault that would switch off supply to all of your circuits rather than just the circuit that has a fault on it? Some properties do not even have safety switch or circuit breaker protection & still use the rewire-able fuse system which is really out-dated. If either of these situations apply to you, unfortunately you have circuit protection that is not up to current day standards.
The old system of wiring a safety switch (residual current device) would protect all of your circuits through one device, rather than the current way of wiring where each circuit has its own independent safety switch / circuit breaker, meaning when there is a fault on one circuit, only that circuit trips off, therefore not effecting any other circuit & leaving you with majority of your light & power points working until the fault is rectified.
An ‘RCBO’ (residual current circuit breaker with overload protection) operates to trip the circuit off instantly where there is as little as 30 milliamps of earth leakage detected in a circuit & also when there is a short-circuit or an overload present, therefore protecting yourself, your family or employees from injury or death that can occur from faults associated with electric shock & fire.
The benefit of these new single-module RCBO devices is that you can fit more circuits into existing switchboard enclosures & they eliminate the need for an additional safety switch device that would take up unnecessary space inside your switchboard.
At Wattwerx Electrical we can upgrade your current switchboard with this type of safety switch protection or if you have a new building project requiring a new switchboard we can also supply a quotation with this type of installation. There are some other electrical contractors still using the old method of wiring but at Wattwerx Electrical we pride ourselves on using the most up-to-date wiring systems available.
Contact us today for a fast, free, no-obligation quotation have your circuit protection updated as soon as possible.