Shocks from contact with electrical conductors continue to occur every year in every country. For example, in the UK, the Health and Safety Executive documented that “Each year about 1000 accidents at work involving electric shock or burns are reported … Around 30 of these are fatal.” In my first post in this two-part series, we looked at how new types of electrical loads are presenting challenges in protecting people against shocks. I described the four main types of residual current devices (RCDs) designed to provide shock protection in different types of applications. In simplified terms, you choose the type of RCD based on the expected residual current waveforms: pure sinusoidal (Type AC), pulsating DC (Type A), composite up to 1000 Hz (Type F), or non-sinusoidal and smooth DC (Type B). See my first post for examples of the types of loads that produce such currents. In this post, we’ll have a closer look at Type B RCDs, as well as the SI type, that has been developed by Schnei...