Amendment 1 - 18th edition 2020-02-03

Zdb · Feb 3, 2020

Zdb submitted a new resource:

Amendment 1 - 18th edition - BS7671

Amendment 1 of BS7671 - 18th edition. This is free to download and replaces section 722 for electric vehicle charging.

telectrix · Feb 3, 2020

have they decided that PME is OK now? or are they proposing 200 mile extension leads?

SJD · Feb 3, 2020

I downloaded this amendment 1 from the ELECSA website, and thought it would be handy to print a copy to keep with my BS7671. But it won't print, and in fact every page has the stupid "Do not print" working three times at the top and at the bottom of every page.

Now I fortunately don't install EV charging kit, but if I ever come across some e.g. doing an EICR, all I'll have with me is the 18th Edition without this amendment (I don't carry a laptop around).

Can anyone tell me why the IET thought it a good idea that nobody should be able to print this?

Zdb · Feb 3, 2020

I thought that the whole Idea of a free download was that it could be printed and popped into the BBB.

Absolute joke that it cant be printed.

I'm sure someone will find a way

Pretty Mouth · Feb 3, 2020

Try this version. It prints from my laptop, but I run linux. Might be different for other OS's.

Strima · Feb 8, 2020

A clean copy if anyone wants.

ruston · Feb 8, 2020

Thank you Strima.

Strima · Feb 8, 2020

ruston said:
Thank you Strima.

It makes for an interesting read.

Midwest · Feb 8, 2020

Would someone like to explain; I don't do installation work anymore, but just curious should I decide to have one installed myself.

I have an idea of the current regs with regards PME and chargers, and the options to use, i.e. one that doesn't need a rod and disconnects live conductors in the event of voltage between cpc & earth etc. But this seems to add more detail (which is above my head

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JakeF · Jun 10, 2020

Strima said:
A clean copy if anyone wants.

Any chance of re-uploading as the link doesn’t seem to work now

Thanks

Ian1981 · Jun 10, 2020

JakeF said:
Any chance of re-uploading as the link doesn’t seem to work now

Thanks

Don’t bother as it’s full of mistakes, they’ve recently added a corrigendum to put right the mistakes

Zdb · Jun 10, 2020

A corrigendum for amendment one? That's just embarrassing
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Ian1981 · Jun 10, 2020

Zdb said:
A corrigendum for amendment one? That's just embarrassing
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Yep, absolute shambles

Zdb · Jun 11, 2020

Just thought I'd leave this here if anyone wanted the corrigendum separately.
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JakeF said:
Any chance of re-uploading as the link doesn’t seem to work now

Thanks

Here you go

JakeF · Jun 17, 2020

Zdb said:
Just thought I'd leave this here if anyone wanted the corrigendum separately.
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Here you go

Thank you

So anyone doing the exam from now will need to take into account corrigendum May 2020?

Zdb · Jun 17, 2020

JakeF said:
Thank you

So anyone doing the exam from now will need to take into account corrigendum May 2020?

You'd probably need to take in the big blue book, the corrigendum for that, amendment one and the corrigendum for amendment one. So 3x separate documents as well as the regs book.

Shambles much?