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Guide to the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations
The 17th edition of the IET Wiring Regulations, BS 7671:2008 Requirements for Electrical Installation, published in January 2008 and to which all electrical installations designed after the 30th. June 2008 must comply.
The IET Wiring Regulations has undergone 17 major revisions and countless updates and amendments since it’s first publication.
Now in it’s 17th Edition and amended to Amendment 1, the IET Wiring Regulations publication is now published under a green cover in order to distinguish between the amendment 1 (green cover) and pre-amendment 1 (red cover) versions of the same edition.
The first amendment is effective from January 1st 2012 and installations designed after December 31st 2011 must comply.
There is a new 17th Edition course which covers Amendment 1 and which will prepare the candidate for the new 2382-12 qualification which replaces the outgoing 2382-10 and 2382-20.
There is no ‘update’ exam for this publication of the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations and candidates who wish to obtain the latest relevant qualification will need to sit and pass the 2382-12 exam which is a full 2 hour, 60 question exam testing the knowledge of the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations, including Amendment 1.
To ensure thorough knowledge of the regulations, you may wish to study at home with a 17th edition course which will help clarify the salient points of the publication and put some sort of order to the structure of the Wiring Regulations, which will help you answer the 17th edition exam questions when you sit the exam.
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For those who already own the previous red cover version of the IET Wiring Regulations, spending more money on the Amendment 1 publication may seem like an unnecessary expense. However, Amendment 1 introduces new special locations, new definitions, a new IEC decimal point numbering system as well as many other important alterations and additions.
It is vital therefore, to obtain a copy of the latest 17th Edition Wiring Regulations which incorporates the first amendment and has a green cover, if you wish to pass the latest qualification.
The publication can be purchased direct from the IET, but you may find cheaper copies available from online stores and, as it’s an expensive publication, we’ve provided a link to our bookstore above where you should find a new copy at a price well below the recommended retail price.
The Wiring Regulations publication is not designed to be studied and memorised, but as a reference work for those involved in electrical installation. From an examination point of view however, it is well worth becoming familiar with the structure and layout of the regulations as this will help you locate the relevant answers when sitting the 17th edition exam.
Knowledge of the Wiring Regulations can greatly help to illustrate ‘competency’, which is so important nowadays.
With so many changes and updates to the regulations in the past, there is no indication that this trend will not continue and if anything, more frequent changes and amendments are likely to occur in the future. For this reason it is vital to keep up to date on the latest news concerning the 17th Edition wiring regulations.
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