Safety switches, also known as Residual Current Device (RCDs), are crucial to have if you’re worried about the safety of your house or office. They are designed to defend against excess flow of electricity that leaks out, which could shock people or pets in contact. As soon as a safety switch is tripped, it can cut off the power supply as quick as 0.003 seconds.
After recent changes, safety switches are now required to be installed by law. The combined cost of safety switches for each circuit on your switchboard is miniscule compared to the cost of replacing an appliance or a hospital visit from an electric shock, and definitely worth less than your life. Don’t take the risk, call us today.
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Regular inspections and maintenance of your safety switches can keep them healthy and functional for a long time. Getting your switchboard inspected once a year is a good idea.
Safety switches aren’t the only safety equipment your switchboard should have. Circuit breakers, surge protectors, fuses and other measures should be used in conjunction.
If a safety switch keeps flipping, there could be problems with wires. Do a quick check to see if you can find any faulty wires. Don’t touch them, though!
If a safety switch flips and doesn’t reset even if you turn power back on, try unplugging appliances and plugging them back in to get them working properly again.
You can test safety switches yourself, as they all come with easy-to-use test buttons. Simply push the button and look to see if the switch flips and cuts power.
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While they all serve the general purpose of stopping abnormally high electric flow, these three installations protect different things. Safety switches protect people and pets from the current, circuit breakers defend wires, and surge protectors are designed to save appliances.
While it’s possible that a safety switch that is constantly tripping could be faulty, it’s always possible that it is tripping from an unknown electrical problem that could be serious. Contact an electrician to get it looked at as soon as possible.
Safety switches produced under Australian government standards last at least 4000 flips. For most people, this is more than they will ever see in their lifetime, and so they don’t need to be replaced for the most part.
