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🔌 Electrical Equipment in the Honey House

A 3D honey house circuit model: spin the electric extractor, load it unevenly, add moisture underfoot and trigger a ground fault to see whether RCD/GFCI protection trips the circuit safely.

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A 3D honey house circuit model showing the extractor motor, warming cabinet heater and breaker panel that power a real extraction room — and what happens electrically when a fault occurs.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Motor current rises with extractor speed and load imbalance; heater current rises with the warming cabinet's thermostat. A simulated ground fault shows an RCD/GFCI tripping the circuit in a fraction of a second — versus a fault that stays live if no RCD is fitted, made worse on a wet floor.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust extractor speed, frame load imbalance and warming cabinet heat to watch current draw and glow respond. Toggle RCD protection and a wet floor, then press "Simulate ground fault" to see the panel's response.

💡 Did You Know?

A 30 mA RCD is designed to interrupt a fault in well under 40 milliseconds — fast enough to prevent a shock through a wet floor from becoming fatal, which is why UK guidance treats RCD protection as essential in honey houses.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D honey house circuit model: spin the electric extractor, load it unevenly, add moisture underfoot and trigger a ground fault to see whether RCD/GFCI protection trips the circuit safely.

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