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Just been reading my latest Certsure Connections rag. Think I found dksanders cushty little deal;

£29 to attend 'Live South' event, where they will tell us all about the forthcoming 18th. Couple of pages further in, Certsure has been ranked 41st Sunday Times best company to work for, ohh and them offering bursary to female electricians. Further few pages, 'Out of this World' event, where NICEIC & Elecsa are holding an event at the Faraday Theatre London in July, which is being broadcast around the country to selected cinemas, to broadcast the far reaching changes of the 18th. The event is being promoted not only to contractors and electricians, but also architects, facility managers, local authorities and housing associations. Least they had the wisdom, to charge £5 entry fee, to cover their costs on hiring the theatre & cinemas.

Then there's the pages on about getting your copy of the 18th, for a knock down price of £85! I see where my £534 is going this year.

My fees are due at the end of the month, I'm not looking at renewing.
 
Thing is, when Rick Steins latest cookbook been out for a while, you can get it for a £5. Why can't the IET offer some deals. Bet the 17th will still cost over £60 when the 18th is published.
 
Thing is, when Rick Steins latest cookbook been out for a while, you can get it for a £5. Why can't the IET offer some deals. Bet the 17th will still cost over £60 when the 18th is published.

Because doing so would then give the message "ah but don't buy it for the next 6 months because it's sure to be cheaper given time" and then you'd have a load of sparks still working off the 3rd edition while they wait for the 4th edition to be a fiver.
 
Because doing so would then give the message "ah but don't buy it for the next 6 months because it's sure to be cheaper given time" and then you'd have a load of sparks still working off the 3rd edition while they wait for the 4th edition to be a fiver.

I think you're holding the IET in too much high esteem. I think they just need to make some quick bucks, after holding too many coffee mornings and coming up with ridiculous concepts, like everyone having an earth rod.

Its not as if its a good read.
 
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I got mine today at ELEX at Westpoint Exeter - here is a picture of it with IGOR my butler holding it for the camera!


Confirmed today that Earth Rods will not be a requirement for PME systems in the 18th because people from Inverness complained about the impossibility in their rock strewn ground so if everyone can’t do it no one will. We can thank Elecsa for arguing our side.
 

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