Old Versions of BS 7671

[Octopus]

I've copied this off an older post so fingers crossed the dates are correct:

1903 4th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, called ‘Wiring Rules’
1907 5th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1911 6th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1916 7th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1924 8th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations ‘Regulations for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings’
1927 9th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1934 10th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1939 11th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, Revised issue (1943), reprinted with minor amendments (1945), Supplement issued (1946),Revised Section (1948)
1950 12th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched, Supplement issued (1954)
1955 13th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched, Reprinted, 1958, 1961, 1962 and 1964
1966 14th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations published Reprinted, 1968, 1969, 1970 (in metric units), 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1976
1981 The 15th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched
1991 16th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations published (adopted as the BS in 1992) • Electricity at Work Regs. (Northern Ireland) come fully into being
2004 Part P of the Building Regulations becomes law • BS 7671:2001 Requirements for Electrical Installations (Incorporating Amendments No 1: 2002 and No 2: 2004), The IEE Wiring Regulations (Sixteenth Edition)
2007 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations is scheduled to be issued on January 1st 2008 and comes into effect 6 months later.

So 15 years between the 14th and 15th Regs, and 10 years between the 15th and 16th regs

Why are the updates so frequent now??

PS : I'm after a hard copy of the 14th if anyone wants to sell me a hard copy!

 

[GB.Kayak]

I've copied this off an older post so fingers crossed the dates are correct:

1903 4th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, called ‘Wiring Rules’
1907 5th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1911 6th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1916 7th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1924 8th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations ‘Regulations for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings’
1927 9th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1934 10th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1939 11th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, Revised issue (1943), reprinted with minor amendments (1945), Supplement issued (1946),Revised Section (1948)
1950 12th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched, Supplement issued (1954)
1955 13th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched, Reprinted, 1958, 1961, 1962 and 1964
1966 14th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations published Reprinted, 1968, 1969, 1970 (in metric units), 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1976
1981 The 15th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched
1991 16th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations published (adopted as the BS in 1992) • Electricity at Work Regs. (Northern Ireland) come fully into being
2004 Part P of the Building Regulations becomes law • BS 7671:2001 Requirements for Electrical Installations (Incorporating Amendments No 1: 2002 and No 2: 2004), The IEE Wiring Regulations (Sixteenth Edition)
2007 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations is scheduled to be issued on January 1st 2008 and comes into effect 6 months later.

So 15 years between the 14th and 15th Regs, and 10 years between the 15th and 16th regs

Why are the updates so frequent now??

PS : I'm after a hard copy of the 14th if anyone wants to sell me a hard copy!

M,

Thanks for this ... I wonder wether anyone out there, other than the IET library, has copies of editions 1 - 6. I was wandering wether, with the lack of retrospective requirements, I could restore my house wiring to its original spec ... ;-D! It is actually a serious request ... I would very much like to get hold of copies of Editions 1 - 6.

 

[tazz]

Makes me feel old....did 15th in 1985, and 16th in 1995

 

[jay sean]

I think the wiring regs was only one page.

I think it might have mentioned Dual RCD DBs!!!

 

[Des 56]

Did the original regs spawn from an expanding Telegraph act requirements?
Maybe the full house of regs books needs to precede the 1st edition

 

[HappyHippyDad]

M,

Thanks for this ... I wonder wether anyone out there, other than the IET library, has copies of editions 1 - 6. I was wandering wether, with the lack of retrospective requirements, I could restore my house wiring to its original spec ... ;-D! It is actually a serious request ... I would very much like to get hold of copies of Editions 1 - 6.

Heres the first one for you.. only 2 pages! :smile5:




You could ask Tel about the others.. he wrote them I think

 

[telectrix]

keeky chunt

 

[ipf]

Heres the first one for you.. only 2 pages! :smile5:


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You could ask Tel about the others.. he wrote them I think

Well, if he did any from the 15th onwards, I've lost all respect for him.....

 

[davesparks]

The full list of dates is in the first few pages of every edition

 

[ian.settle1]

Remember when I started my time in 1973 worked to the 14th Edition bloke who took us at college gave us a copy of the 1st Edition it was only 8 pages in size and that was 2 A5 pages on 1 side of A4 paper, wish I had kept it now.

 

[Knobhead]

Makes me feel old....did 15th in 1985, and 16th in 1995

You feel old,
14[SUP]th[/SUP] edition for me, I started in 1971 but worked to M&Q so I didn’t buy a copy until 75 when I bought my house.

 

[ian.settle1]

You feel old,
14[SUP]th[/SUP] edition for me, I started in 1971 but worked to M&Q so I didn’t buy a copy until 75 when I bought my house.

Should that be B & Q. LOL

 

[Knobhead]

B&Q didn’t exist.

You went to the local hardware shop and got good advice. If he couldn’t help he’d put you in touch with another tradesman that could help. At times the place was like a labour exchange.
If I want some joinery doing I’d ask there, normally it would be favor for favor. No money changed hands other than for materials. Naturally the materials were bought at the shop, it was the unwritten rule.

Halcyon days when tradesmen were qualified and respected by all.

 

[7029 dave]

I've copied this off an older post so fingers crossed the dates are correct:

1903 4th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, called ‘Wiring Rules’
1907 5th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1911 6th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1916 7th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1924 8th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations ‘Regulations for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings’
1927 9th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1934 10th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations
1939 11th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, Revised issue (1943), reprinted with minor amendments (1945), Supplement issued (1946),Revised Section (1948)
1950 12th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched, Supplement issued (1954)
1955 13th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched, Reprinted, 1958, 1961, 1962 and 1964
1966 14th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations published Reprinted, 1968, 1969, 1970 (in metric units), 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1976
1981 The 15th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations launched
1991 16th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations published (adopted as the BS in 1992) • Electricity at Work Regs. (Northern Ireland) come fully into being
2004 Part P of the Building Regulations becomes law • BS 7671:2001 Requirements for Electrical Installations (Incorporating Amendments No 1: 2002 and No 2: 2004), The IEE Wiring Regulations (Sixteenth Edition)
2007 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations is scheduled to be issued on January 1st 2008 and comes into effect 6 months later.

So 15 years between the 14th and 15th Regs, and 10 years between the 15th and 16th regs

Why are the updates so frequent now??

PS : I'm after a hard copy of the 14th if anyone wants to sell me a hard copy!

I ----ed my 14th ed in the bin years ago, if I still had it Clive, it was yours.

 

[7029 dave]

Clive do you want me 16th ed?

 

[GB.Kayak]

Heres the first one for you.. only 2 pages! :smile5:


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You could ask Tel about the others.. he wrote them I think

HHD, TVM only 5 to go ... I wonder what the incident rates were like then. My house had been built for 6 years and already been extended in size by ~ 60 % when these were first penned! On the basis of 'less is more' who would have preferred to work under the 1st edition?

 

[Silly Sausage]

Heres the first one for you.. only 2 pages! :smile5:


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The Electricians Forum of the time would've been very quiet!

 

[Octopus]

Clive do you want me 16th ed?

I've got a 16th

Its the 14th and 15th I'm after, more for reference and curiosity!

 

[7029 dave]

I've got a 16th

Its the 14th and 15th I'm after, more for reference and curiosity!

Shame I had both, when got divorced cleared out the loft all my books, course work, electrical craft principals books all went.