Demystifying UK Wiring Regulations | BS7671 Guide
If you're involved in electrical wiring in the UK, it's crucial to familiarise yourself with the UK wiring regulations, also known as the IET wiring regulations or the official title BS7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations. In this video, Joe Hammond delves into the organization of these regulations, highlighting effective strategies for understanding and interpreting them.
If you need a copy of BS7671 you can get one here.
hub.efixx.co.uk/bs7671
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00:00 Introducing BS7671 and the Angel of the North?
00:56 Part 1 - Scope
01:38 Part 2 - Definitions
01:53 Part 3 - General Characteristics
02:22 Part 4 - Protection for Safety
02:45 Part 5 - Selection and Erection of Equipment
02:56 Part 6 - Inspection and Testing
03:03 Part 7 - Special Installations of Locations
03:15 Part 8 - Prosumer Installations
03:36 Appendices
04:02 The Contents page is more valuable than the index!
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If you need a copy of BS7671 you can get one here. hub.efixx.co.uk/bs7671 More free training & CPD from eFIXX training.efixx.co.uk/#/home
Never heard it explained like this in all of my 20 odd years as an electrician. Well done 👍
The word 'Prosumer' has been used for years within the Photo and film industry - referring to equipment that is a cross between consumer grade and professional grade.
Electrical industry is high jacking the word
High jacking the word and redefining it. A portmanteau of producer-consumer rather than professional-consumer.
Ghastly apology for a word. I refuse to use it.
As a DIY'er who tries to keep his work to a professional standards, I wish that the IET would release a 'Householder's Edition' of BS7671 with simplified, focused regulations for common things such as adding sockets, new lighting, adding a spur etc.
It’s all in the well laid out and concise brown book pal, without sounding harsh, if you can’t interpret it that’s on you or a lack of training/skills and why competence is used as a term everywhere in it 🤷♂️
@@e.w.e2846 The book is a good £100 and 600 pages long. A homeowner who wants to install a socket isn't going to go to the trouble, and their work / safety will suffer for it. It's like insisting drivers have to learn Formula 1 rules to drive to the shops.
Sorry pal I’ve got to disagree it’s more like paying for your driving test and theory to be able to drive yourself comfortably. If you don’t or can’t drive you can always hire a taxi (equivalent tradesman). Nobody’s born into the world with a deep understanding of BS7671 but it is the bare minimum standard and circles back again to competence needed.
@@ncey8713 No, it's insisting someone knows how to drive safely before driving to the shops. I do as much of my own electrical work as possible and I found the book well worth the expense. As my username suggests, I also like test gear so I have more than one MFT and I know how to use them. I also PAT all my portable appliances, which reminds me, some things are due for retesting, must dash, bye...
Once you install the sockets you need to prove it is safe to use by testing everything from the transformer supplying your house to the pins on the socket through several different tests. A skilled person with qualifications has to provide a certificate for this, why would an unskilled person not.
Very nice Joe 👍👍
Nice video Joe 👍
I love that you 'Brits test your installations. In US, work is tested by switching it on. It works, or it doesn't. Guys might know what a Megger is. But never used one. Said that. I work at a lot of Hospitals. Things there are properly tested.
If I'm going to be using an installation, I want to know it's safe. I've spent a fair bit of time in the US over the years and the wiring there scares the crap out of me..! Oh by the way, I'm British, not 'a Brit', ok..?
Nice demystafy