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British standard 7671 refers to electrical wiring regulations (17th Edition). they include; Consumer units (to come into effect January 2016) Wiring in escape routes Changes to earth fault loop impedances for all protective devices Updated EIC and EICR forms Changes to definitions throughout the Regulations
This kind of question scares me. Electricians are professionals and went to school to learn how to do this without a book in our hands. Please for the sake of your Family and neighbors hire a pro. The sales people at Home Depot are probably not Electricians!AnswerEach country has its own electrical wiring regulations. For example, the UK, which operates a 230-V residential system, these regulations are specified in BS 7671:2008'Requirements for Electrical Installations' (also known as the IEE Wiring Regulations, 17th Edition). This book is available from any book supplier, including Amazon.
Currently; "BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations. The IEE Wiring Regulations" With the first amendment of the 17th edition of BS 7671 due to be issued in a matter of weeks and the "IEE" being changed to "IET" on the document, what else differs is relatively unknown at present.
BS7671:2008 Requirements for Electrical Installations: IEE Wiring Regulations, 17th Edition. Strictly speaking, this document is published by the IET -the Institution of Engineering and Technology, as the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) no longer exists.
BS 7671; The IET Wiring Regulations (currently the 17th edition: 2008, with a first amendment made in July 2011) is a non-statutory document. However, the electrical industry deem it to be a minimum technical standard generally expected. If you had selected a way of designing/installing/verifying an installation or part of it, to a method other than as per stated within BS 7671, but it was equivalent in regards to safety, etc., then you may have a justifiable defense against legal issues.
Currently there are absolutely zero books published by the 17th Edition. Additionally there is no publisher listed under that name. At least in North America.
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These Regulations have a long history. The world's first public electricitysupply was provided in late 1881, when the streets of Godalming were lit byelectric light. This system was supplied by a water-wheel driven generator onthe River Wey, that supplied a number of arc lamps within the town, as well asproviding electricity to a small number of shops and other premises. A fewmonths later, the American inventor, Thomas Edison, opened the world's firststeam-powered D.C. electricity-generating station at Holborn Viaduct inLondon, which supplied a number of local consumers with electric lighting.At that time, there were simply no rules or regulations and, with no one in authority to tell them how to lay their cables, these companies simply installed cables where and how it suited them and, frequently, they represented a danger to the general public. However, later in 1882, TheElectric Lighting Clauses Act (modelled on the 1847 Gas Act) was passed by Parliament which authorised electricity suppliers to install electrical supply systems in accordance with Rules and Regulations for the Prevention of Fire Risks Arising from Electric Lighting.This document was, essentially, the forerunner and first edition of today's IEEWiring Regulations. A series of revisions followed. In 1897, the Third Editionwas issued under the title: General Rules Recommended for the Wiring of theSupply of Electrical Energy and, by 1924, with the publication of the EighthEdition, the title had become Regulations for the Electrical Equipment ofBuildings -not much different from today's title.The current 17th edition of the Regulations, BS 7671:2008, is divided intoseven Parts, together with 15Appendices