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Issue 78 - November 2019

This issue includes articles on Fire stopping, counterfeit warnings, green goo, vehicles as storage and more...

Fire stopping

Find out more about fire stopping, who can carry out the work and what the requirements are.

Vehicles as storage: Why the industry needs to prepare

Following on from the draft for public comment stage for the forthcoming Code of Practice for Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Installation, this article looks at the role of vehicles in the electricity grid and why future-proofing charging infrastructure according to the new guidance could be important.

PVC insulated and sheathed cables in a domestic installation – some possible problems?

The thousands of kilometres of PVC insulated and sheathed cables in current use are not without installation and operational problems and this article looks at some that are found in domestic installations.

Proposed Amendment to BS 7671:2018

A proposed Amendment 1 of BS 7671:2018 is available as a Draft for Public Comment (DPC) to access from the BSI website. The proposed Amendment concerns Section 722 of BS 7671:2018 (electric vehicle charging installations). In this article, we give a brief overview of some of the proposed changes to Section 722.

Are your BS 7671:2018 and associated guidance publications genuine? And what are the dangers if they're not?

We have become aware that there are a number of fake copies of BS 7671:2018 and associated guidance publications in circulation.

Code of Practice for Building Automation and Control Systems

Building services typically need controls so that they can operate when required and be switched off when not required.

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