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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Hard to tell from the photo - what does the manufacturer say?

    It is not sufficient to have an overcurrent protection device on the input alone.
    I've posted the specs above, Barry.

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    It's a thermal Circuit breaker BTW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigman80 View Post
    I've posted the specs above, Barry.
    Yes I know - and I would still prefer to see fast-acting protection devices fitted to both the primary and secondary side of the transformer.
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Yes I know - and I would still prefer to see protection devices fitted to both the primary and secondary side of the transformer.
    Ah, I didn't know if you had seen it.

    Prefer......yup,
    Necessary......nope,

    Well, according to the CE anyway.

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    Default Quick check - Airlink BMU - which one?

    Thing is that balanced mains aren’t usually used at home... there is a potential fault condition where a fuse blows in the live phase, but you could still have 120V across neutral. This is why RCBOs are used on the secondaries, it would detect this fault condition. Don’t forget that the gear is no longer bonded to earth, but bonded to the centre tap of the secondary.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yomanze View Post
    Thing is that balanced mains aren’t usually used at home... there is a potential fault condition where a fuse blows in the live phase, but you could still have 120V across neutral. This is why RCBOs are used on the secondaries, it would detect this fault condition. Don’t forget that the gear is no longer bonded to earth, but bonded to the centre tap of the secondary.
    Yup.
    RCBO’s on primary and secondary would be (and was) my choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yomanze View Post
    Thing is that balanced mains aren’t usually used at home... there is a potential fault condition where a fuse blows in the live phase, but you could still have 120V across neutral. This is why RCBOs are used on the secondaries, it would detect this fault condition. Don’t forget that the gear is no longer bonded to earth, but bonded to the centre tap of the secondary.
    Which in turn is connected to the mains earth, or should be. Otherwise your are correct in what you say.

    Also there could be a fault with partial insulation breakdown (surface tracking) such that a leakage current of more than 30mA is drawn from one side of the transformer secondary winding. This leakage current will thus in turn be drawn from the primary, but will not be a 'residual' current as it will flow equally in the live and neutral wires of the (unbalanced) primary side, so any RCBO fitted in the consumer unit will not be affected and will not operate under this fault condition.
    Barry

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    Hi Jerry

    How did you get on the Airlink balanced power supply? I'm thinking of getting one for my active speakers and digital front end.

    Jonathan

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    I have mixed feelings about mine.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by YNWaN View Post
    I have mixed feelings about mine.....
    Do tell

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