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| PRCD personal protection plug | PU | Item no. |
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| zum festen Anschluss an die Zuleitung bis max. 3G2,5mm² | 1 | 45209 |
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Tested according to ![[1085]](https://as2025.as-schwabe.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CE_schwarz.svg) |
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230 V, 16 A, max. 3,500 W ![[DE]](https://as2025.as-schwabe.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Icon_Made_in_Germany.svg){kind=icon} |
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What is the difference between a PRCD and a PRCD-S?
The PRCD is a portable personal protection switch with an electronic residual current release and undervoltage release.
- It recognises residual currents that occur, for example, when a faulty electrical appliance is touched and interrupts the current so quickly that life-threatening accidents can be prevented.
- It also has an undervoltage release that switches off in the event of a mains voltage failure to prevent secondary accidents.
The PRCD-S is an all-pole switching, portable residual current device with electronic residual current evaluation, designed as an intermediate cord device.
Additional functions compared to the PRCD:
- Check the socket outlet to ensure that phase L, neutral conductor N and protective conductor PE are present, correctly connected and not reversed.
- Only allows power to be drawn from a safe socket.
- Checks the protective conductor when switching on.
- Monitors the protective conductor during operation.
- Cannot be switched on if a fault is detected.
- Switches off automatically as soon as a fault occurs (e.g. protective conductor breakage).
- Does not switch off if external voltage is applied to the protective conductor, e.g. by drilling into an external cable. As the PRCD-S does not switch off in this case, the upstream protective device may respond and interrupt the circuit.
The employers' liability insurance associations recommend protective distribution boards and portable protective devices with protective conductor monitoring (PRCD-S) as a supply point on small construction sites!