18th Edition Archives

Amendment 1: a boost for EVCP installations? | ECA

|Date: 23 July, 2020

Amendment 1: a boost for EVCP installations? | ECA

Luke Osborne, ECA Energy & Emerging Technologies Solutions Advisor, discusses the affect that Amendme ...

Luke Osborne, ECA Energy & Emerging Technologies Solutions Advisor, discusses the affect that Amendment 1 (and beyond) will have on the EV charging industry. Of all the pressing matters jostling f ...

23 July, 2020
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Table 54.8 and PEN conductors | NAPIT

|Date: 17 April, 2020

Table 54.8 and PEN conductors | NAPIT

NAPIT’s Bill Allan investigates two examples regarding the application of Table 54.8 within the 18th Edit ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan investigates two examples regarding the application of Table 54.8 within the 18th Edition. The 18th Edition of BS 7671 introduced a small but significant change to Table 54.8 which ...

17 April, 2020
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SPD technology: where should it be used? | ECA

|Date: 2 April, 2020

SPD technology: where should it be used? | ECA

ECA’s Technical Manager, Gary Parker comments on Regulations around surge protection in the 18th Edition. ...

ECA’s Technical Manager, Gary Parker comments on Regulations around surge protection in the 18th Edition. A history of SPDs Since their invention in the 1970s (initially patented as the delight ...

2 April, 2020
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Commerical surge protection: what to consider? | Hager

|Date: 20 March, 2020

Commerical surge protection: what to consider? | Hager

Mike Lawrence, Marketing Manager – Commercial Buildings at Hager, discusses some of the key consideration ...

Mike Lawrence, Marketing Manager – Commercial Buildings at Hager, discusses some of the key considerations to be aware of when selecting surge protection devices for your installation. The protection ...

20 March, 2020
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AFDD Technology: best practice advice | ECA

|Date: 18 March, 2020

AFDD Technology: best practice advice | ECA

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, takes a look at the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of AFDDs. It has been over a yea ...

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, takes a look at the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of AFDDs. It has been over a year since the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671:2018) came into full effect. While most of ...

18 March, 2020
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Temporary electrical installations – what to do | NAPIT

|Date: 16 March, 2020

Temporary electrical installations – what to do | NAPIT

NAPIT’s Bill Allan looks at the requirements for contractors in the event that a temporary electrical ins ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan looks at the requirements for contractors in the event that a temporary electrical installation is required. When many of us in the electrical contracting industry think of temporar ...

16 March, 2020
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Ensuring installations are fully compliant | Marshall-Tufflex

|Date: 5 March, 2020

Ensuring installations are fully compliant | Marshall-Tufflex

Ensuring that cable management installations are fully compliant goes beyond a product’s size and compart ...

Ensuring that cable management installations are fully compliant goes beyond a product’s size and compartments. Here, Nick Hayler, Technical and Product QA Manager at Marshall-Tufflex discusses what s ...

5 March, 2020
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“Commitment-phobes beware in 2020!”

|Date: 10 February, 2020

“Commitment-phobes beware in 2020!”

John O’Neill, Director of Technical for NICEIC & ELECSA, gives us his take on the bigger picture for ...

John O’Neill, Director of Technical for NICEIC & ELECSA, gives us his take on the bigger picture for the years ahead and offers his predictions for training patterns in 2020. The last decade was n ...

10 February, 2020
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AFDD technology and the 18th Edition

|Date: 24 January, 2020

AFDD technology and the 18th Edition

Paul Fisher, Managing Director of Electrium offers a reminder as to why AFDDs have made it into the 18th ...

Paul Fisher, Managing Director of Electrium offers a reminder as to why AFDDs have made it into the 18th Edition. Government statistics show that over 13,000 electrical fires occur each year. More tha ...

24 January, 2020
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Safety first with 18th Edition changes

|Date: 13 December, 2019

Safety first with 18th Edition changes

Here, Nick Hayler, Technical and Product QA Manager at Marshall-Tufflex explains how the changes to the ...

Here, Nick Hayler, Technical and Product QA Manager at Marshall-Tufflex explains how the changes to the 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations can save lives. In the event of a fire, safe and quick evac ...

13 December, 2019
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