Members
Paul Harris (Chair)
Andrew Fairless
Darren Griffiths
Eugene Conroy
John Rayner
Ken Holmes
Matthew Mears
Nigel Porter
Mark Richards
Paul Wheldon
Peter Desforges
Phil Greenough
New Amendment
A new Amendment of BS 7671: 2018 was published on the 28 March 2022. This has a large number of changes for the electrical industry, some of the significant changes are as follows:
- Arc Fault Detection Devices (AFDDs)
- changes to fire safety requirements in chapter 422, covering the design of electrical installations in industrial, commercial and multiple-occupancy homes, as well as new information for ‘protected escape routes’
- protection against overvoltages
- changes across Part 7: Special Locations
- new part – Part 8 Prosumer’s Low Voltage Electrical Installations.
Whilst there are changes across the standard which are very important, there are changes to Section 710 Medical Locations which we anticipate will be of particular interest to IHEEM members. IHEEM has been represented within the JPEL 64 committees by members of the Electrical Technical Platform (ETP) and therefore, the ETP are looking forward to supporting members queries or concerns relating to the changes explain the logic applied to bring about the particular change to allow members to resolve their concerns about the technical intent of changes.
We would ask that now Amendment 2 of BS 7671:2018 has been published, members submit their questions, observations and feedback through the ‘ASK AN EXPERT’ in the knowledge hub on Institute website.
