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I put mine between reel and wall socket - that way it should also cover any fault in the extension cable, such as the unthinking use of a lawnmower, or the insulation breaking down due to a ladder being carelessly placed. Not that I would know about such things.
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Technically you are supposed to have RCD protection on any circuit that has a plug socket close to an external door. Fitting an RCBO to those circuits is an easy way to achieve that.
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Its worth noting that the cut out on almost all extension reels is not an RCD but a thermal cut out designed to stop you melting the plastic housing and insulation on the reel if you are using it with out unrolling the reel fully.
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@fizzy.bleach
running garden tools technically requires you to use an RCD. If you're running the garden equipment off an extension reel, does it matter if the RCD adapter is between the tool and the reel or the reel and the wall socket?