New 18th edition regs

[Andrewhagplumb]

Hi everybody this is my first post on here
What does everybody think of the new 18th edition coming out soon, more red tape and hoops to jump through or good ideas??

 

[Risteard]

Hi everybody this is my first post on here
What does everybody think of the new 18th edition coming out soon, more red tape and hoops to jump through or good ideas??

Hard to say before it's been published!

 

[sparkdog]

Just complete idiocy, having to now do a course and pay for yet another new regs book.

 

[westward10]

Hello Andrew, most people on here are positive about the 18th Ed with very few negative thoughts.

 

[Octopus]

Hello Andrew, most people on here are positive about the 18th Ed with very few negative thoughts.

What absolute clap trap.

It's another small selection of ill thought out changes .... With money to be made by all the gravy trains

 

[Midwest]

Hello Andrew, most people on here are positive about the 18th Ed with very few negative thoughts.

You're just trolling there westward

 

[westward10]

You're just trolling there westward

I knew Doc would take the bait

 

[Octopus]

I knew Doc would take the bait

Unless we make our views public things will never change.

Now where are my IET forum login details ...

 

[Midwest]

I was reading the Professional Electrician on-line rag, the other day, their latest edition. There was a link on the 18th Edition, from a company that sells earth rods etc. They were rubbing their hands about us having to install earth rods everywhere, 'cos its in the forthcoming 18th.

Someone is either gonna have a lot of extra work, or some company gonna have a lot of scrap copper on their hands

 

[telectrix]

but the rods ain't copper. they are steel with a few microns of copper electroplated on.

 

[Midwest]

Picky

 

[netblindpaul]

Putting earth rods everywhere isn't going to make the 18th, it'll be in the 1st Amendment in 2021 so I hear.

 

[Andy78]

Putting earth rods everywhere isn't going to make the 18th, it'll be in the 1st Amendment in 2021 so I hear.

I don't understand decisions like this. Either it's needed for reasons of safety or it isn't. Is it under extended review or something ?
If they are trying to palm the responsibility off onto the DNOs then it gets my support of course

 

[Octopus]

Putting earth rods everywhere isn't going to make the 18th, it'll be in the 1st Amendment in 2021 so I hear.

Well ........... if the IET think they can write bullet proof regs to cover this then let them..........................

Earth rods for multistory flats anyone?

 

[davesparks]

Well ........... if the IET think they can write bullet proof regs to cover this then let them..........................

Earth rods for multistory flats anyone?

If they are more than a few storeys high they will almost certainly have decent earth electrodes installed already.
If the reg resembles the draft then smaller blocks will need it installed and connected to the incoming supply, not a separate earth electrode for each flat.

The problem will be the same as usual, people who read what they think is written not what is actually there.

 

[telectrix]

they can write whatever they want in the 18th, but they still cannot answer a basic question. like .... Who's ate all the pies?

 

[Wes1000]

Man I love the new 18 ed regs....

 

[Andy78]

Man I love the new 18 ed regs....

I'm sure I fitted his brother the other day

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[netblindpaul]

Well ........... if the IET think they can write bullet proof regs to cover this then let them..........................

Earth rods for multistory flats anyone?

Murdoch,
You know that the IET don't write the regs any more, they are merely the publisher.
They are written by a committee, dominated by manufacturers and others who have a vested interest in changes that mean they can sell more product, training, and books.
Fact.

 

[Octopus]

Murdoch,
You know that the IET don't write the regs any more, they are merely the publisher.
They are written by a committee, dominated by manufacturers and others who have a vested interest in changes that mean they can sell more product, training, and books.
Fact.

Yet they are "published" by the IET .............. so they need to be held accountable ....................

The Bible is more coherent than BS 7671

 

[netblindpaul]

Yet they are "published" by the IET .............. so they need to be held accountable ....................

The Bible is more coherent than BS 7671

Jointly with BSI, and the IET only have the contract to manage JPEL/64, they lost control when it became a BS...

 

[Octopus]

Jointly with BSI, and the IET only have the contract to manage JPEL/64, they lost control when it became a BS...

Is that Bull Shyte?

 

[Joshua]

I'm actually really looking forward to the 18th coming out, I've read them all since the 16th Edition and have really enjoyed the story so far. Not sure how they can top 2015's brilliant Amendment 3 short story but I've heard the 18th is their longest book yet. Can't wait






On a serious note the only thing I like about the 18th is the colour of the front cover. Can't believe it's £95 too luckily I wasted £155 on an IET membership last year to get mine for the bargain price of £61... £155 a year well spent for a £34 saving.

Yay.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I ordered the 18th edition, on site guide and GN3 yesterday for the grand price of £128!! for all three books, had a choice between suppliers, so went with NAPIT as I havent read there code breakers eicr book they were giving away with it (its 17th ed so shifting leftover stock for free?) the niceic were giving books away too but have read them.
Just got to wait for it to be delivered on release day now... I feel like a little kid at xmas!

 

[netblindpaul]

Is that Bull Shyte?

The choice of the definition of the initials is your decision Murdoch, I wouldn't try and say what they were meant to be!...

 

[UKPN]

Putting earth rods everywhere isn't going to make the 18th, it'll be in the 1st Amendment in 2021 so I hear.

 

[UKPN]

I was reading the Professional Electrician on-line rag, the other day, their latest edition. There was a link on the 18th Edition, from a company that sells earth rods etc. They were rubbing their hands about us having to install earth rods everywhere, 'cos its in the forthcoming 18th.

Someone is either gonna have a lot of extra work, or some company gonna have a lot of scrap copper on their hands

 

[UKPN]

The supply authority will never allow multiple earth rods, it will compromise the supply system. The wiring "regs" have no jurisdiction over supply matters.

 

[davesparks]

The supply authority will never allow multiple earth rods, it will compromise the supply system. The wiring "regs" have no jurisdiction over supply matters.

Why would they not, and how will it compromise the supply system?

Main bonding to structural steelwork, metal pipes and lightning protection is already acting as an earth rod connected in this way in many installations.

 

[Midwest]

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