Issue 68
Articles include:
- RCDs: everything an electrician should know: Electricians do the best they can every day they go to work – and we want to leave a job safer than when we found it. But what if despite our best efforts, we actually made things worse without realising it? In this article, Paul Meenan seeks to answer this question!
- Interview with Geoff Cronshaw: Wiring Matters interviews the IET’s Geoff Cronshaw on his role on JPEL/64.
- Interview with Steven Devine: Wiring Matters interviews Steven Devine on his role as an author and a member of a JPEL/64 Sub-Committee.
- Fighting the influx of counterfeit electrical goods: Christmas will see the usual spending on electronic goods, with buyers often pursuing the cheapest possible option. This year we turn to counterfeit electrical goods – a growing problem across the UK.
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Issue 67
Articles include:
- The impact of the 18th Edition (BS 7671:2018): In this article, Geoff Cronshaw looks at some of the proposed changes in the DPC (draft for public comment) for electrical installations, focusing on Section 704, Section 708, and Section 721.
- Electrical qualifications: In this article, Steven Devine sheds some light on the qualifications (past and present) that persons may have, what they all mean.
- Double success for JIB Apprentice exchange: Two electrical apprentices have been named as the lucky winners of the Joint Industry Board (JIB) Apprentice Exchange Programme and will travel to Australia later this year to spend six weeks working ‘down under’.
- Statutory and non-statutory documents applicable to the electrical industry: Do you have any responsibility for the installation, maintenance and/or upkeep of the fixed wiring or portable appliances at work?
- The store-age: the start of smarter energy consumption: Dr Andrew Crossland MIET discusses changes in the installation notification process for energy storage systems and how flexibility-technologies, including energy storage, are fast impacting how we consume energy.
- Electrical energy storage: video.
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Issue 66
Articles include:
- A brief overview of emergency lighting in rail: In this article, Paul Meenan discusses emergency lighting in rail – the background, how different companies address emergency lighting and how you can get involved in this line of work.
- The impact of the 18th Edition (BS 7671:2018) - chapters 41, 46, 53 and Regulation 542.2.2: Steven Devine looks at some of the proposed changes in the DPC (draft for public comment) for electrical installations, focusing on Chapters 41, 46, 53 and Regulation 542.2.2.
- The impact of the 18th Edition (BS 7671:2018) – Sections 722, 753 and [new] 730: In this article, Geoff Cronshaw looks at the impact that some of the proposed changes in the DPC (draft for public comment) of BS 7671 will have on electrical installations, focusing on Section 722, Section 753, and the new Section 730.
- The impact of the 18th Edition (BS 7671:2018) – New Part 8, Section 801 Energy Efficiency: Mark Coles, Head of Technical Regulations – IET, looks at a proposed new area for BS 7671 – Part 8, Section 801 Energy Efficiency.
- Code of Practice for Electrical Energy Storage Systems: In August the IET publishes Code of Practice Electrical Energy Storage Systems – an invaluable resource for those involved in the planning, procurement, design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of electrical energy storage systems.
- Risk Assessment: video.
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Issue 65
Articles include:
- How to become a smart home installer: There are a whole host of smart gadgets available for the house – smart thermostats, smart lights, smart TVs, smart kettles… the list goes on. We invited Philipp Schuster, MD of Loxone UK, to explain the route to becoming a smart home installer.
- Energy management: the foremost challenge for facilities managers: With energy costs persistently rising, continuing concerns over resilient energy supplies, and increasing levels of statutory obligations connected to emissions and climate change policies, facilities managers and their colleagues will have to face many energy management challenges. Authors Cameron Steel and Andy Lewry discuss how facilities managers can prepare for these challenges.
- BS EN 15232: the Standard for building controls: In this issue, we also explain how to prepare and introduce an effective energy management strategy and how to approach the opportunity of smart installation work. Here, Karen Fletcher writes about how BS EN 15232 can guide your work in both these areas.
- Inspection and testing of electrical electrodes: Leon Markwell, Senior Engineer at the IET, discusses the inspection and testing of earth electrodes.
- Safe isolation procedures: video.
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Issue 64
Articles included:
- 18th Edition of BS 7671: send us your feedback: Wiring Matters gives you the details on how you can see and comment on the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations.
- The reality of...virtual reality: In this commentary piece, Allan Burns explores the prospect of virtual reality – and what it means for electricians.
- Electromagnetic resilience: a new approach to EMI: In this article, electromagnetic specialist we first introduces the new(ish) engineering discipline of functional safety; then the very new engineering discipline of risk-managing electromagnetic interference (EMI) to help achieve functional safety.
- Interview with Vic Tuffen: smart metering: Wiring Matters interviews the author of the IET’s Guide to Metering Systems: Specification, Installation and Use on the ins and outs of smart metering.
- Section 730: onshore units of electrical shore connections for inland navigation vessels: In this article, Geoff Cronshaw writes about a new standard HD 60364-7-730, which was published by CENELEC in August 2015, and the impact this may have for you in the future.
- Counterfeit alert: We have recently become aware that a counterfeit Guidance Note 3 Inspection & Testing is in circulation. The book was purchased from an Amazon Marketplace seller and features a wide range of errors, including font and colour discrepancies and text errors.