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BETA Protecting
Residual Current Protective Devices
Residual-current operated circuit breakers
2/42
Siemens ET B1 · 10/2008
2
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Application
Note:
For reasons of basic fire protection, we recommend a maximum
rated residual current of 300 mA for residual current protective
devices.
Standards
Application
Required
I
n
Recommended residual current
protective devices
[
mA]
5
SM.
(
Type A)
5
SM.
(
Type B)
SIGRES
DIN VDE 0100-410
Socket outlets 20 A and branch circuits for outdoor use 32 A 30
✓
--
--
DIN VDE 0100-482
Fire protection for particular risks or safety hazard
30, 300
✓
✓
--
DIN VDE 0100-551
Low-voltage generating sets
30
✓
--
--
DIN VDE 0100-559
Luminaires and lighting installations, display stands for lights
30
✓
--
--
DIN VDE 0100-701
Rooms with baths or showers, socket outlets in zone 3
30
✓
--
--
DIN VDE 0100-702
Swimming pools, zone 1 and 2
30
✓
--
✓
DIN VDE 0100-704
Construction and demolition site installations, socket outlet current
circuits (single-phase operation) up to 32 A
and for hand-held equipment
30
✓
✓
--
✓
✓
✓
DIN VDE 0100-705
Agricultural and general horticultural premises
Socket outlet current circuits
500
30
✓
✓
--
--
✓
✓
DIN VDE 0100-706
Conductive areas with limited freedom of movement
30
✓
--
--
DIN VDE 0100-708
Feeding points for caravan parking spaces, camping sites
30
✓
--
--
DIN VDE 0100-710
Medical premises, depending on application group 1 or 2 and
equipment
30
or
✓
✓
--
300
✓
✓
--
DIN VDE 0100-722
Portable buildings, vehicles, mobile homes for fairgrounds
500
--
--
✓
DIN VDE 0100-723
Classrooms with experiment equipment
30
--
✓
--
DIN VDE 0100-738
Fountains zone 2, general
Socket outlets in zone 2
Zones 0 and 1
500
30
30
✓
✓
✓
--
--
--
✓
✓
✓
DIN VDE 0100-739
Additional protection against direct contact in homes
30
✓
--
--
DIN VDE 0118-100
Mining plants
500
✓
--
✓
EN 50178
(
VDE 0160)
Fitting of power installations with electronic equipment
General requirements for
correct selection when
using res. current
protection
✓
✓
--
DIN VDE 0832-100
Traffic signals
•
Class T1
•
Class U1
300
30
✓
✓
--
--
✓
✓
BG FE
BGI 608
Selection and operation of electrical equipment on worksites
General:
•
Socket outlet circuits 32 A
•
Socket outlet circuits
>
32
A
Frequency-controlled equipment:
•
With plug-and-socket device 32 A
•
With plug-and-socket device > 32 A
30
500
30
500
✓
✓
--
--
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
--
--
Chemical industry and food processing industries
30 (
recommended)
✓
✓
✓
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