Residual Current Device (RCD)

AResidual Current Device (RCD) is amechanical switching device or association of devices intended to cause the opening of the contacts when the residual current* attains a given value under specified conditions.


*Residual Current is the algebraic sum of the currents in the live conductors of a circuit at a
point in the electrical installation.

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