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Ensuring installations are fully compliant | Marshall-Tufflex

|Date: 5 March, 2020

Ensuring installations are fully compliant | Marshall-Tufflex

Ensuring that cable management installations are fully compliant goes beyond a product’s size and compart ...

Ensuring that cable management installations are fully compliant goes beyond a product’s size and compartments. Here, Nick Hayler, Technical and Product QA Manager at Marshall-Tufflex discusses what s ...

5 March, 2020
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IET & BSI publish Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018

|Date: 3 February, 2020

IET & BSI publish Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018

The IET and BSI have today released Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018 (18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations). Th ...

The IET and BSI have today released Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018 (18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations). This amendment should enable a more practical solution for Electric Vehicle Charging Installation ...

3 February, 2020
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Back to the future: what happens if an existing installation doesn’t comply with the latest regulations?

|Date: 31 January, 2020

Back to the future: what happens if an existing installation doesn’t comply with the latest regulations?

Bill Allan offers advice on dealing with scenarios where a previous installation may comply with an earli ...

Bill Allan offers advice on dealing with scenarios where a previous installation may comply with an earlier version of BS 7671, but not the current edition. When carrying out an Electrical Installati ...

31 January, 2020
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Draft for Public Comment now available for Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018

|Date: 1 October, 2019

Draft for Public Comment now available for Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018

DPC open from 1st October until 30th November 2019 The DPC will consist of changes to Section 722 – Elect ...

DPC open from 1st October until 30th November 2019 The DPC will consist of changes to Section 722 – Electric Vehicle Charging Installations The amendment follows advances in technology enabling a more ...

1 October, 2019
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Where automatic disconnection is not feasible

|Date: 27 September, 2019

Where automatic disconnection is not feasible

NAPIT’s Bill Allan reviews Section 419. BS 7671:2018 contains a new Section 419 - Provisions where autom ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan reviews Section 419. BS 7671:2018 contains a new Section 419 - Provisions where automatic disconnection according to Regulation 411.3.2 is not feasible. In the context of BS 7671, ...

27 September, 2019
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IET announces new amendment to BS 7671

|Date: 4 September, 2019

IET announces new amendment to BS 7671

The amendment follows advances in technology enabling a more practical solution for electric vehicle char ...

The amendment follows advances in technology enabling a more practical solution for electric vehicle charging installations. The IET has announced a new amendment to BS 7671:2018 (IET Wiring Regulatio ...

4 September, 2019
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Introduction To The 18th Edition Of BS 7671

|Date: 14 November, 2018

Introduction To The 18th Edition Of BS 7671

The 18th Edition of BS 7671 was issued on 1st July 2018 and comes into full eﬀect on the 1st January 2019 ...

The 18th Edition of BS 7671 was issued on 1st July 2018 and comes into full eﬀect on the 1st January 2019. This article from the experts at NICEIC looks at some of the changes incorporated. Disconnect ...

14 November, 2018
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