18th Edition Archives

18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

|Date: 14 June, 2024

18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation ...

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation? A better understanding of RCD requirements associated with HPs can save time and money for yo ...

14 June, 2024
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Types of Surge Protective Devices (SPDs) and their use in electrical installations | NICEIC

|Date: 8 May, 2024

Types of Surge Protective Devices (SPDs) and their use in electrical installations | NICEIC

Section 443 of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 contains requirements for protection against transient overvoltages e ...

Section 443 of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 contains requirements for protection against transient overvoltages either of atmospheric origin or due to switching. Where the application of overvoltage protectio ...

8 May, 2024
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Understanding overvoltage protection: requirements of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 | Hager

|Date: 16 February, 2024

Understanding overvoltage protection: requirements of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 | Hager

Hager’s Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses the importance of providing installations wi ...

Hager’s Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses the importance of providing installations with surge protective devices (SPDs) and looks at requirements and considerations of BS 7671:2018 ...

16 February, 2024
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Additional protection for socket outlets

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Additional protection for socket outlets

Keith Willcock, Product Manager for Siemens Alpha Circuit Protection Products, reviews the implications f ...

Keith Willcock, Product Manager for Siemens Alpha Circuit Protection Products, reviews the implications for designers and installers of electrical installations from the latest requirements for additi ...

13 February, 2024
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EAWR and BS 7671: can one help the other? | Paul Skyrme

|Date: 8 September, 2023

EAWR and BS 7671: can one help the other? | Paul Skyrme

In this article, produced for PE before his recent passing, the late Paul Skyrme looks at the relationshi ...

In this article, produced for PE before his recent passing, the late Paul Skyrme looks at the relationship between the Electricity at Work Regulations and BS 7671. This article intends to explain the ...

8 September, 2023
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Overvoltage Protection: the latest update | Electrium

|Date: 7 September, 2023

Overvoltage Protection: the latest update | Electrium

Electrium provides a brief overview of one specific update in the Corrigendum: overvoltage protection. It ...

Electrium provides a brief overview of one specific update in the Corrigendum: overvoltage protection. It’s now well documented that the IET has updated certain requirements in Section 443 of BS 7671 ...

7 September, 2023
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All new with Amendment 2: what to consider when replacing a new consumer unit | Electrium

|Date: 17 May, 2023

All new with Amendment 2: what to consider when replacing a new consumer unit | Electrium

The experts at Electrium look at the considerations professionals must be aware of when replacing a new c ...

The experts at Electrium look at the considerations professionals must be aware of when replacing a new consumer unit, in line with Amendment 2 to the 18th Edition. Replacing a consumer unit is classe ...

17 May, 2023
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IET & BSI Publish Corrigendum to BS 7671:2018

|Date: 9 May, 2023

IET & BSI Publish Corrigendum to BS 7671:2018

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and BSI have announced the release of a Corrigendum t ...

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and BSI have announced the release of a Corrigendum to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022. The Corrigendum will make changes to five areas of BS 7671 and will com ...

9 May, 2023
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Do we have to install an additional earth electrode for all TN systems now Amendment 2 is in force? | NAPIT

|Date: 9 May, 2023

Do we have to install an additional earth electrode for all TN systems now Amendment 2 is in force? | NAPIT

The technical experts at NAPIT answer a contractor query related to the use of earth electrodes in the wa ...

The technical experts at NAPIT answer a contractor query related to the use of earth electrodes in the wake of Amendment 2. Q. Do we have to install an additional earth electrode for all TN systems no ...

9 May, 2023
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How to correctly use RCBOs in the workplace | Electrium

|Date: 21 March, 2023

How to correctly use RCBOs in the workplace | Electrium

Following Amendment 2 to the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, the team at Electrium provide us with more ...

Following Amendment 2 to the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, the team at Electrium provide us with more detail as to the correct use of RCBOs in the workplace. In the workplace power continuity is an ...

21 March, 2023
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