the Regs Guy

The thing to remember about Part 6 is that it’s not an instruction book. It does not tell you how to do any inspection or especially testing, it just tells you what you should do. Breaks down into 3 Chapters… Chapter 61: Initial Verification (aka First Check) This is the largest of the 3 Chapters … Read more

Part 5 of BS7671 covers about seventy pages, has 6 Chapters and forms approximately 23% or 14 questions of your final exam, as such it should be regarded as vital reading. Chapter 51: Common Rules As it says, these are rules which apply to all electrical installations concerning proper functioning for safety, use and environment. … Read more

Part 4 is one of the largest and the most important Parts within BS7671 and forms 25% of your final 2382-12 exam… Breaks down into four individual Chapters. Chapter 41: Protection Against Electric Shock Contains methods used to reduce the risks of electric shock within an electrical installation and covers both methods of basic and … Read more

Part 3 of BS7671 is a case of ‘just what it says on the tin’. Think of it as all of the things you would need to consider with regard to designing an electrical installation… Chapter 31: Purpose, supplies and structure. What’s the installation for ie commercial, industrial or domestic. What’s its structure, circuits – … Read more

Ok, Part 1 of BS7671 is Scope, object and fundamental principles. Each being allocated it’s own Chapter… Chapter 11: Scope – Basically is what the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations apply to, eg 110.1.1 (i) to (xvi) along with the rest of page 14 and what they do not apply to, 110.2 (i) to (xii) and … Read more