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Electrifying results for Wiring Regulations book
08 February 2008
The Seventeenth Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, published in January of this year, has reached 31st position in Amazon’s top 50 best sellers and is the highest placed professional publication to date. The popularity of this book is no surprise to the publishers, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Geoff Cronshaw, IET’s Chief Engineer, is frequently in demand to lecture on the regulations and has recently returned from Hong Kong where he was invited by the Government to give just such a presentation to over 400 delegates.
Mr Cronshaw commented, “The book, although not a legal requirement, is the ‘bible’ for electrical engineers and encourages best practice amongst the profession. The regulations are extensively referred to in health and safety documentation and, after 30 June 2008, all installations in the UK will have to comply with them.”
The book was first published in 1882 with four pages and 21 regulations. Today, the seventeenth edition has 389 pages and over 1,000 regulations. In 1992 the IEE Wiring Regulations became a British Standard (BS 7671) and the regulations are now treated like all other British Standards. The Regulations are the National Standard in the UK for electrical installations up to 1000 v ac or 1500 v dc. They are based on European Standards, which in turn are based on International Standards.For
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Notes to editors:
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a world leading organisation working to develop science, engineering and technology
- The IET (formerly the IEE) was established in 1871 and has more than 150,000 members in 127 countries with offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. It provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of knowledge
- The IET registers more engineers each year than any other UK institution and approaching half the engineers on the Engineering Council register are IET members
- The IEE Wiring Regulations are non-statutory, however, they have been extensively referred to in HSE guidance over the years and are referred to in the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 for the electricity supply industry.