17th to 18th edition

[Dannyg8810]

probably been discussed but I can't find this info I'm wanting

Anyway once the 18th is active and we all need to spend ££££ on our new bibles will there be a short update exam or a full 18th edition exam

Thanks

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Does it mean when the 18th edition finally comes out that the multifunction testers marketed as 17 edition testers will all suddenly come down in price? likewise all them 17th ed Consumer Untis.... it should all come down in theory... although they will just put new packaging on it is my guess and charge a new 18th premium

 

[Pete999]

Does it mean when the 18th edition finally comes out that the multifunction testers marketed as 17 edition testers will all suddenly come down in price? likewise all them 17th ed Consumer Untis.... it should all come down in theory... although they will just put new packaging on it is my guess and charge a new 18th premium

Good point Gavin

 

[Ian1981]

Mft will just get rebranding from saying 17th edition tester to 18th edition tester.
No change in price and at the end of the day the testing part doesn't change so why should the test meter?

 

[MisterE]

... although they will just put new packaging on it is my guess and charge a new 18th premium

probably just a sticker over the 17th Edition wording saying "18th"

 

[NDG Elecs]

I won't be buying the GNs this time round. Only been a spark for around 8 yrs and I am starting to fully understand the way many sparks feel about the situation, and the cash that needs to be spent every three years or so.
When the regs turn 18 maybe they will start to act like a grown up! Don't get me wrong some of the changes in each revision are pretty good, but some of it feels like change for changes sake. And they certainly could be amended and altered in a much better way that actually appreciates the end users.

 

[Octopus]

^^ end users don't have a clue about the regs and changes..... It's us poor sparks who get lumbered with the hassle, whilst those in their ivory towers just continue to dream up changes and tweaks too keep themselves busy ......

Can anybody actually justify why the 18 th edition is actually required?

 

[Pete999]

^^ end users don't have a clue about the regs and changes..... It's us poor sparks who get lumbered with the hassle, whilst those in their ivory towers just continue to dream up changes and tweaks too keep themselves busy ......

Can anybody actually justify why the 18 th edition is actually required?

IET and the Scams running out of money? got to pay for TC's pension some how.

 

[telectrix]

^^ end users don't have a clue about the regs and changes..... It's us poor sparks who get lumbered with the hassle, whilst those in their ivory towers just continue to dream up changes and tweaks too keep themselves busy ......

Can anybody actually justify why the 18 th edition is actually required?

i'm still wondering why the 17th was ever required.

 

[Octopus]

IET and the Scams running out of money? got to pay for TC's pension some how.

TC ?????

 

[Pete999]

i'm still wondering why the 17th was ever required.

You know what Tel, I reckon every 3 or 4 years the IET and the Scams get their respective budgets cut back, so they all get together at some posh Hotel for a strategy meeting, thrash out the reasons why money is getting a bit tight, and then some nork in charge decides "got it Ladies and Gents, time for a new edition of BS 7671" or am I just talking carp?

 

[Pete999]

TC ?????

Tony Cable, come on Murdoch get with the program Mate.

 

[Octopus]

It's just after looking at the proposed changes they want to bring in for the 18th I just think they are really scraping the bottom off the barrel.

One of my mates, with about 4o years under his belt has decided that he's going to give up .....'m the trade need people like him ....... And his main issue is that nobody polices what's actually going on ....

 

[Pete999]

It's just after looking at the proposed changes they want to bring in for the 18th I just think they are really scraping the bottom off the barrel.

One of my mates, with about 4o years under his belt has decided that he's going to give up .....'m the trade need people like him ....... And his main issue is that nobody polices what's actually going on ....

That's so true Mate

 

[telectrix]

It's just after looking at the proposed changes they want to bring in for the 18th I just think they are really scraping the bottom off the barrel.

One of my mates, with about 4o years under his belt has decided that he's going to give up .....'m the trade need people like him ....... And his main issue is that nobody polices what's actually going on ....

and they won't until the likes of niceic put safety and good workmanship before their own grubby balance books.

a pig has just flown past my window.

 

[NDG Elecs]

^^ end users don't have a clue about the regs and changes..... It's us poor sparks who get lumbered with the hassle, whilst those in their ivory towers just continue to dream up changes and tweaks too keep themselves busy ......

Can anybody actually justify why the 18 th edition is actually required?

By end users I meant us sparks Mid.
It's jobs for the boys the constant tweaking.