Issue 64 - March 2017

Includes articles on virtual reality, electromagnetic resilience, smart metering and an important alert around the production of counterfeit Guidance Notes.

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...

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...

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...