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VALIANCE+: RCD protection meeting the latest safety standards
The new Valiance+ range updates Timeguard’s RCD socket offer with new-generation componentry and the reassurance of compliance with latest safety standards.
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imeguard has been manufacturing RCD wiring accessories for over 20 years, and installers across the
country will have installed our devices in homes, offices, airports, hospitals, schools and public buildings and know that ours is a name they can trust. As wholesalers, you won’t see many Timeguard returns. We have always aimed to provide better than average RCD sockets for you to stock, and to make them an easy sell by packing more functionality into standard-sized back boxes that are easy to install and that are packaged in boxes that provide installers with all the information they need to decide to buy. We were first to market in adding single gang
RCD switched sockets to our offer, which was no mean engineering feat. Now, our latest Valiance + range puts the icing on the cake with compliance to the latest regulations for dual-flag (red AND green) notification of switching status. Our new range, as well as building in latest-
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generation componentry is also fully compliant with BS 7288:2016: Specification for residual current devices with or without overcurrent protection for socket-outlets for household and similar uses. This latest standard was published in November 2016, revising and updating BS 7288:1990.
Complete compliance The main visible sign of compliance with the standard is that there is now a dual-flag system to show whether the power is live RED – ON, or Green – OFF when the RCD is tripped. However, ‘under the bonnet’, other changes add up to
greater reassurance for users. They mostly relate to EMC resilience, with more stringent testing to ensure products can withstand years of use and electrical or physical abuse and RF interference. While it is still legal to sell and install devices certified to the older standard, who would want to compromise on safety regulations when complaint devices are on the market? The new and stylish Timeguard Valiance+ range offers a complete range of 1 gang and 2 gang RCD switched sockets in both active and passive versions, so you can decide whether the power is automatically restored to the device when the power is restored, (essential for freezers
Now, our latest Valiance + range puts the icing on the cake with compliance to the latest regulations for dual-flag (red and green) notification of switching status.
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