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Guide to the IET Wiring Regulations
IET Wiring Regulations (BS 7671:2008 incorporating Amendment No 1:2011)
9781119965145, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 20 April 2012
288 pages
23.6 x 19.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.531 kg
This authoritative, best-selling guide has been extensively updated with the new technical requirements of the IET Wiring Regulations (BS 7671: 2008) Amendment No. 1:2011, also known as the IET Wiring Regulations 17th Edition. With clear description, it provides a practical interpretation of the amended regulations – effective January 2012 – offers real solutions to the problems that can occur in practice. This revised edition features: This essential guide retains its handy format, ideal for practicing electricians, trainee electricians and apprentices to carry with them for quick reference. It is a valuable resource for all users of BS 7671 who want to understand the background to the Regulations; electrical engineers and technicians, installation and design engineers, consulting and building services engineers, also dedicated inspectors and testers.
Foreword by Giuliano Digilio xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv Chapter A – BS 7671:2008 Amd No. 1:2011 Requirements for Electrical Installations – Introduction and Overview 1 A 1 Introduction to BS 7671:2008 1 A 2 Plan and layout of BS 7671:2008 2 A 3 Overview of major changes 5 A 4 Amendment No. 1:2011 9 Chapter B – Legal Relationship and General Requirements of BS 7671:2008 Amd No. 1:2011 11 B 1 Legal requirements and relationship 11 B 1.1 Key legal UK legislation 11 B 1.2 The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (EWR 1989) 12 B 1.3 The Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 (as amended) 13 B 1.4 The Electricity Act 1984 (as amended) 14 B 1.5 The Building Act 1984, The Building Regulations and Part P 14 B 1.6 The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006 15 B 1.7 Tort and negligence 15 B 2 The role of Standards 17 B 3 Part 3 of BS 7671:2008 – assessment of general characteristics 18 Chapter C – Circuitry and Related Parts of BS 7671:2008 Amd No. 1:2011 21 C 1 Introduction 21 C 2 Design procedure overview 21 C 3 Load assessment 23 C 3.1 Principles and definitions 23 C 3.2 Maximum demand assessment 24 C 3.3 Diversity 25 C 4 Circuitry design 26 C 4.1 Introduction 26 C 4.2 Protection against overcurrent in general 28 C 4.3 Overload protection 28 C 4.4 Fault protection 40 C 4.5 Voltage drop 44 C 4.6 Disconnection and electric shock protection 49 C 5 Sub-mains 56 C 5.1 Diversity 56 C 5.2 Distribution circuit (sub-main) selection 57 C 5.3 Armouring as a CPC 57 C 5.4 Automatic disconnection for sub-mains 58 C 6 Discrimination co-ordination 58 C 6.1 Principles and system co-ordination 58 C 6.2 Fuse-to-fuse discrimination 59 C 6.3 Circuit breaker to circuit breaker discrimination 60 C 6.4 Circuit breaker to fuse discrimination 62 C 7 Parallel cables 62 C 7.1 General and BS 7671 requirements 62 C 7.2 Unequal current sharing 63 C 8 Harmonics 63 C 8.1 Requirements 63 C 8.2 Harmonic assessment 63 C 9 Standard final circuit designs 64 C 9.1 Introduction and scope 64 C 9.2 Standard domestic circuits 72 C 9.3 All purpose standard final circuits 73 C 10 RcDs and circuitry 73 C 10.1 Introduction – increased use of RcDs 73 C 10.2 consumer unit arrangements for RcDs 74 C 11 Ring and radial final circuits 75 C 11.1 Introduction 75 C 11.2 Ring final circuits 75 C 11.3 Radial final circuits 77 Chapter D – Selection and Erection – Equipment 79 D 1 Introduction and fundamentals 79 D 2 Compliance with Standards 80 D 3 Identification of conductors – introduction 81 D 3.1 Principle of required identification (Regulation 514.3.1) 81 D 3.2 Identification by colour 83 D 3.3 Identification by marking 85 D 3.4 Alterations and additions – identification 85 D 3.5 Interface marking 85 D 3.6 DC identification 86 D 4 Protection against voltage and electromagnetic disturbance 86 D 4.1 General 86 D 4.2 Electromagnetic compatibility and prevention of mutual detrimental influences 88 D 5 Wiring systems 95 D 5.1 The choice of wiring systems 95 D 5.2 Circulating currents and eddy currents in single-core installations 98 D 5.3 Electrical connections and joints 100 D 5.4 Wiring systems – minimizing spread of fire 104 D 5.5 Proximity to other services 106 D 6 Circuit breakers 106 D 6.1 General 106 D 6.2 Operation and characteristics 107 D 6.3 Ambient temperature de-rating 110 D 7 Residual current devices 111 D 7.1 BS 7671 applications 111 D 7.2 Operation and BS 7671 requirements 112 D 7.3 Unwanted RCD tripping and discrimination 113 D 7.4 d.c. issues for RCDs 115 D 7.5 TT installations and RCDs 115 D 8 Other equipment 116 D 8.1 Isolation and switching 116 D 8.2 Consumer units for domestic installations 116 D 8.3 Overvoltage, undervoltage and electromagnetic disturbances 116 D 8.4 Surge protective devices 118 D 8.5 Insulation monitoring devices (IMDs) 118 D 8.6 Residual current monitors (RCMs) 119 D 9 Generating sets 121 D 10 Rotating machines 121 D 11 Plugs and socket-outlets 122 D 12 Electrode water heaters and electrode boilers 123 D 13 Heating conductors 124 D 14 Lighting and luminaires 124 D 15 Safety services 127 D 15.1 Introduction 127 D 15.2 Classification of break times 127 D 15.3 Safety sources 127 D 15.4 Circuits for safety services 127 D 16 Ingress protection (IP), external influences 129 D 16.1 General 129 D 16.2 Equipment applications and examples 131 ftoc.indd 7 11/15/2021 21:34:01 Chapter E – Earthing and Bonding 133 E 1 Introduction 133 E 2 Earthing arrangements 133 E 3 General requirements of earthing and bonding 138 E 4 Protective conductors 139 E 4.1 General 139 E 4.2 Physical types of protective conductor 140 E 4.3 Sizing protective conductors 141 E 4.4 Protective conductors up to 16 mm 2 142 E 4.5 The earthing conductor 146 E 5 Armoured cables as protective conductors 147 E 5.1 General 147 E 5.2 ERA Report on current sharing between armouring and CPC 148 E 5.3 ECA advice and recommendations 148 E 6 Protective bonding 149 E 6.1 Purpose of protective equipotential bonding 149 E 6.2 BS 7671 requirements 149 E 6.3 Bonding solutions for the modern installation 149 E 6.4 Sizing main bonding conductors 154 E 6.5 Domestic protective bonding layouts 155 E 6.6 Supplementary equipotential bonding 157 E 7 High earth leakage installations 158 Chapter F – Inspection Testing and Certification (Part 6) 161 F 1 Introduction 161 F 1.1 Inspection and testing – an integrated procedure 161 F 2 Visual inspection 162 F 3 Testing 164 F 3.1 Introduction – pass and fail nature 164 F 3.2 Required tests 164 F 3.3 Continuity testing 165 F 3.4 Ring continuity 168 F 3.5 Insulation resistance testing 171 F 3.6 Polarity testing 174 F 3.7 Earth fault loop impedance (ELI) testing 175 F 3.8 Prospective fault current testing 179 F 3.9 Testing RCDs and other functional tests 181 F 3.10 Verification of voltage drop 182 F 4 Certification paperwork 183 F 4.1 Introduction, various certificates and schedules 183 F 4.2 Overview of certificates and schedules 184 F 4.3 Completing the paperwork 184 Chapter G – Special Locations 201 G 1 Introduction purpose and principles 201 G 1.1 Introduction 201 G 1.2 Purpose and principles 201 G 1.3 Particular requirements and numbering 202 G 2 Locations containing a bath or shower (701) 203 G 2.1 Introduction and risks 203 G 2.2 Zone concept 203 G 2.3 Electric shock requirements 204 G 2.4 Equipment selection and erection 207 G 3 Swimming pools and other basins (702) 208 G 3.1 Introduction and risks 208 G 3.2 Zone concept 209 G 3.3 Requirements and guidance 211 G 4 Agricultural and horticultural premises (705) 214 G 4.1 Introduction, purpose and principles 214 G 4.2 Requirements and guidance 214 G 5 Caravan parks and camping parks (708) 218 G 5.1 Introduction purpose and principles 218 G 5.2 Requirements and guidance 218 G 6 Medical locations (710) 222 G 6.1 Introduction and risks 222 G 6.2 Medical groups and class of safety service supply 222 G 6.3 Requirements 223 G 7 Exhibitions, shows and stands (711) 227 G 7.1 Introduction and risks 227 G 7.2 Requirements and guidance 228 G 8 Solar photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems (712) 229 G 8.1 Introduction principles and terminology 229 G 8.2 Requirements 231 G 8.3 Notes and guidance 232 G 9 Mobile or transportable units (717) 235 G 9.1 Scope and application 235 G 9.2 Requirements 235 G 9.3 Notes and guidance 236 G 10 Floor and ceiling heating systems (753) 237 G 10.1 Introduction 237 G 10.2 Requirements 238 G 10.3 Notes and guidance 238 References 240 Appendices 243 Appendix 1 – Standards and bibliography 244 Appendix 2 – Popular cables: current rating tables from BS 7671:2008 Appendix 4 249 Appendix 3 – Limiting earth fault loop impedance tables from BS 7671:2008 252 Appendix 4 – Cable data resistance, impedance and ‘R1 + R2’ values 254 Appendix 5 – Fuse I2t characteristics 258 Index 259
Subject Areas: Electronics & communications engineering [TJ]
