Poll - Is BS7671 updated to frequently - you can vote

[Octopus]

Please keep this on track and comments sensible.

I think that the IET et al are really taking the pxss with all the updates of BS7671 - the BYB due out in January, has hardly got life threatening changes so why update it now.

So please place your vote....

 

[Richo77]

Yes it is updated too frequently. It's a rip off especially when the OSG and guidance notes get updated too. Not to mention the Certs as well!!

 

[Guest77]

I put every three years, technology is changing fast these days due to new electronic equipment and I believe BMS type systems will be implemented in new housing within the next 10 years, once that happens everyone will need to be up to date with new regs, there will be computer hubs in cupboards or under stair cases and you will be able to switch on the tv or lights at home from your remote control and mobile phone, it has already sort of started, once the cost comes down wiring in new houses as we know it will change forever, JMO. The supplies to equipment will probably change to take this into account, also technology with machinery is changing all the time, as kit changes, regs change.

 

[Octopus]

Who voted for annual updates???

 

[plugsandsparks]

Contrary view, bite the bullet, stop $issing about with amendments and re-publish annually, the document being free to download by registered electricians. Obviously the changes being contained in a separate doc so easy to keep an eye on changes.

 

[plugsandsparks]

Me________

 

[andyelectric]

I've put update every 7 years, but by that I mean republish.

For updates, maybe at a predetermined time each year as long as between publications they are made available as free downloads.

 

[ipf]

I voted for 5, ...................in line with what should be an apprenticeship.

It's just the outlay. Ammend yearly if free...but why should we pay?

 

[SJD]

What I resent is not the frequency of updates, but rather that the publications are so expensive. As well as the regs and OSG, I also have several of the guidance notes, all of which will need to be replaced (if I want to keep latest versions). These publications should all be available at minimal cost, especially on-line versions - I don't believe IET should be using these as a revenue stream.

And secondly, when the regs and OSG are published, from past experience, the guidance notes will be months (even years?) behind in being updated. Why can't the whole set be available together?

 

[Flanders]

If the technology in the industry is changing then the technology of the regs books should change buy one down loaded book that we can all read on our laptops tablets phones etc for a reasonably price say £25 and then all we need to do is buy the update as an when , and why do they have to keep changing the reg number format each time ?