A friend has told the new regs are out in July and will be announced through a film shown at cinemas nationwide? He seems to think the 'big' change will be mandatory surge protectors on new builds. Anyone heard similar or has he got the wrong end of the stick?
Timing sounds right, but hardly seems the right audience
I remember discussion of arc fault interrupters, which seems to have made it in as 421.1.7
as I rememebr a talk I went to, surge protectors are not required - yet. The Regs are published next week.
...for a mere £95.
Ignorance of the law may be no excuse, but knowledge of it is expensive when making the law is, in effect, privatised.
Would be nice but then again how good are they if the area gets struck by lightning! Brian
Members get a 35% discount. which brings it down to a mere £61.75.
Yes, he's got the wrong end of the stick. The film is for invited guests (and those that apply) only, run by NICEIC and ELECSA, which are the same Company really. Arc fault detection has been introduced, but the wording is something like ' Arc fault detector devices should be considered when designing an installation'. Of which no-one who doesnt use them now , will not take any notice of. They are flawed devices, so have not been made compulsory. A lot of people made submissions about their inclusion on the consultation, so it is rumoured that the Reg was watered down as there was so much opposition to it. Other than that, there are a number of other minor changes, which will cause no problem to 99.9% of installers.
+1
But it is the thin edge of the wedge.
I had assumed an AFDD would be a whole house device similar to how RCDs were initially introduced before split rail CUs, but the ones I could see are combined MCB+AFDD devices, just when RCBOs seem to be getting to a reasonable price ...
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just put it on You Tube?
Owain
those involved would then not get paid so much.
NT
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