A guide to the 15th edition of the IEE wiring regulations

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A guide to the 15th edition of the IEE wiring regulations

J.F. Whitfield

Peter Peregrinus, 1989

3rd ed. incorporating the 1989 supplement

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Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The aim of this text is to help engineers overcome problems they may face when interpreting the Wiring Regulations. This edition has been rewritten to contain new amendments and it also includes extracts from a number of the most important tables found in the Regulations themselves.

Table of Contents

  • The regulations and the guide
  • installation requirements and characteristics
  • control and protection of electrical installations - switching, isolation, protection against electric shock, - thermal effects, - overcurrent, - short-circuit current, - overload and short circuit
  • earthing - earth fault loop impedance, protective conductors, earth electrodes, protective multiple earthing, earthed concentric systmes
  • cables and their enclosures - choosing the correct cable, supports joints and terminations, cable enclosures, cable and conductor identification
  • circuits - maximum demand and diversity, circuits for socket outlets to BS 1363, circuits for industrial socket outlets, segregation of circuits
  • special situations - caravans and caravan sites, rooms containing fixed baths and showers, heating applications and installations, discharge lighting, construction site and temporary installations, agricultural and horticultural installations, overhead wiring systems, underground wiring systens
  • inspection and testing.

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