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No Need to Replace Circuit Breaker If It Works

24 May 2023
Forum Replies 24 May 2023

We refer to Mr Teo Kok Seah’s letter on the requirement to have a residual current circuit breaker (RCCB) installed (Do present circuit breakers need to be replaced by new ones?, May 19).

To enhance electrical safety in all households, from July 1, 2023, all residential premises without a circuit breaker will be required to install an RCCB. All home owners will be given a grace period of two years, till July 1, 2025, to do so.

Home owners with an earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB) do not need to change it. Both the RCCB and ELCB are electrical safety devices that cut off the electricity supply immediately upon detecting leakages that may result in an electric shock.

Home owners with RCCBs or ELCBs are advised to test that their circuit breaker is in working condition using a three-step test (www.go.gov.sg/rccb-safety). This is to ensure that the circuit breaker is functional and protects all electrical circuits in the home.

If the circuit breaker is not working, home owners can engage a licensed electrical worker at www.go.gov.sg/rccb-lew to replace the circuit breaker.

Yeo Cheng Hee

Acting Director, Inspectorate Department
Energy Market Authority

Forum: Don't Allow Electricity Retailers to Auto-renew Contracts

By: Teo Chun Nee

My father's contract with an electricity retailer is due to end in March 2023. Not wanting to renew it, he ignored all renewal e-mails.

On March 1, he received an e-mail on auto-renewal of his contract on March 14, with a recommended plan...Had he missed this e-mail, he would have been entered into a new contract.

Can the Energy Market Authority ensure that electricity retailers are not allowed to renew a contract without the customer’s expressed consent?

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