BS 7671: 18th Edition Wiring Regulations – Study when you want and pass your exam when you're ready…
Hi, the easier way when doing your exam is to break the book ‘BS7671’ down… Ignore the first bit of the book it’s just faff and filler, your questions will start at Part 1. Part 1: Ch 11 – What BS761 applies to and what it doesn’t apply to and things to consider Ch 12 … Read more
January 2015 will see the arrival of the long anticipated Amendment 3 to the 17th Edition IET Wiring Regulations – BS7671. You’ll get 6 months to prepare as this new amendment won’t apply until July 2015. After that all electrical installations designed and/or installed will have to comply. Here’s some good news, if you already … Read more
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
I called at the NICEIC website the other day and noticed this little error… It’s on one of their downloadable ‘Householder Factsheets’ regarding bathrooms Electrical sockets are now permitted in bathrooms or shower rooms as long as they are located more than 3m from the edge of the bath or shower. Specially designed shaver units … Read more
I’m often asked by students, “where sould I concentrate my efforts when studying for my final City & Guilds 2382 exam”. If the 2 hour 60 question 2382 exam seems a little too daunting just break it down. It’s all a matter of scale. There are 7 Parts and ’16’ Appendices (some are empty) within BS … Read more
A new amendment to BS7671:2008 is here. Amendment 2 dated August 2013 has dropped in our laps. Fortunantly though it’s not too massive a change and only adds a new section to Part 7 with some additional stuff for Part 2. Section 722 Electric Vehicle Charging Installations Applies to circuits intended to supply electric vehicles for charging … Read more