Posted on Monday, August 16th, 2010
The acronym RCD stands for Residual Circuit Breaker. An RCD is basically a safety device used to immediately cut off the electricity supply in the event of a “leak”. A leak is when the electricity supply is “to Earth” and can be harmful to someone using electrical equipment. The RCD constantly monitors the amount of current flowing through it, and will cut off or “trip” the circuit if a leak is detected to prevent an electric shock / electrocution.
As well as being a safety device to prevent the chance of electrical shock, an RCD can also reduce the chance of electrical fires. Many electrical fires are caused as a result of leakage from bad wiring, and an RCD can detect even very low current level leakages to earth. A fire can be caused by a low level leakage, but if detected the system will trip out the circuit and prevent a possible incident.
Our London Electricians will test the RCD as part of a periodic test inspection, and will check the tripping times and mA settings.
Posted in Glossary | No Comments »
Posted on Friday, July 30th, 2010
Here is a recent testimonial from a regular customer (L Mikulin). The customer initially used London Electricians Direct (LED) to do a complete electrical rewire of his new home, and has since used our services for some smaller electrical jobs.
We used London Electricians Direct (LED) to completely rewire our home when we first moved in. The engineers worked very quickly and efficiently, and were very reasonably priced. Since then, we have used them again for some other smaller jobs. They seemed just as happy to do these small electrical tasks as they were with the bigger job we had initially. In short, I would definitely use them again. They are nice guys, and I would recommend them for any electrical services you need.
L Mikulin (London, W4 post code area)
There will be more customer testimonials to follow shortly in this section of the website. For more information about any of our electrical services, you can contact us and speak directly with one of our trained members of staff.
Posted in Testimonials | No Comments »
