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Design 2025-06-08 · 8 min

RCD Rules for Apartments

Integrating pulse-output meters into your design. Connection diagrams, CT selection, AMR system based on GorkyCAD.

Author: GorkyCAD Team

Where 30 mA

All socket circuits: per PUE 7.1.79 and IEC 60364-4-41. Also: bathrooms, kitchens, washing machines — groups with high humidity.

Where 10 mA

Bathrooms and children's rooms — 10 mA protects at the level of touching with wet hands. More sensitive, more expensive.

Fire protection 100 mA

The input fire RCD (100-300 mA) protects the wiring in the walls. Required for wooden houses and cottages per IEC 60364-4-42.

Type A vs AC

Type A detects pulsed DC — for washing machines, induction hobs, LED drives. Type AC only AC. In new projects, GorkyCAD selects Type A for all socket groups.

RCBO or RCD+MCB?

RCBO saves space in the panel but costs more. With RCD+MCB, a trip of the group does not turn off everything. GorkyCAD offers both and compares the price.

Common mistakes

One RCD for the whole apartment (trip turns off everything); no RCD on the boiler circuit; Type AC in a bathroom — all found by the 41 checks.