Buying IET Regulation books

[snowhead]

but as long as we keep having to buy them,

I've corrected that for you

 

[Joshua]

Anyone know how much discount you get on publications if you join the IET ?

I know if you have the relevant qualification you can use their designatory letters after your name, and they offer discount on some insurances ( like everyone else) but its hard to find how much discount members actually get.

It's 35% off, I only paid £61 for the regs but it's not worth the £160 a year

And as for the letters after your name, who pays attention to those? Nobody once asked me how I got them or what they meant. I've now ditched the letters and replaced them with letters standing for Consumer Unit Neutral Terminal, the new letters more accurately represent what everyone else thought when I used letters after my name before.

 

[Joshua]

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[telectrix]

It's 35% off, I only paid £61 for the regs but it's not worth the £160 a year

And as for the letters after your name, who pays attention to those? Nobody once asked me how I got them or what they meant. I've now ditched the letters and replaced them with letters standing for Consumer Unit Neutral Terminal, the new letters more accurately represent what everyone else thought when I used letters after my name before.

the letters aftermy name stand for "Terminations Warrant Attention (to) Tightness.

 

[Iain Kay]

So it's a ---- up between paying top dollar for the books, which I'll need to complete training, or subscribing £160/year for access to most of them and getting any revisions included.

It looks like a deal for the three most necessary ones will come in at around £135 on Amazon just now and that should be good for 3 years, seems that's the way to go rather than subscribing digitally at £160/year.

I did think of having a look for 'free' download pdf but thought it's not worth risking it if somebody has messed with the info.

Will suck it up and pay.

 

[KentSparky]

I ordered mine from here Wiring Regulations & Guidance Notes for Electricians - Wiring Regs - https://www.wiringregulations.net/ BBB, GN3 and OSG £140 including delivery charge. I tried to see if my go-to wholesaler could do better but the best they could do was £165.
The price is aggravating though knowing that they are probably already drafting amendments to bring out in the near future to part us from more cash!!!

They aren't drafting the future amendments they have already got them waiting for another milking of their cash cow.

 

[Daveash123]

I got BS 7671, on site guide and guidance note 3 from NAPIT for £128.00 with free delivery

 

[oracle]

When I bought the Regs for another country they were £50 for a ring bound copy and you got all updates and amendments free You were responsible for keeping it up to date by contacting the government printer regularly to get the amendments and insert them into your file

 

[Pete999]

When I bought the Regs for another country they were £50 for a ring bound copy and you got all updates and amendments free You were responsible for keeping it up to date by contacting the government printer regularly to get the amendments and insert them into your file

Bluudy good idea, for the cost of this publication it would make sense and be cost effective for the buying electricians, updates would cost but no where near as much as buying new books every so often. It would increase the pride in the document, people would be glad to keep it updated for a mere fraction of the cost of buying new books etc, the IET need to listen to the people they cater for, and not how many pound notes they can stuff into their coffers, in short the IET need modernising, all these new publications every 6 months or so, the courses are a joke, as are the exams, when most of us know it's only an exercise in navigating a BS, glad I have no need to update, although I probably will, just to keep up with you lot.

 

[oracle]

Bluudy good idea, for the cost of this publication it would make sense and be cost effective for the buying electricians, updates would cost but no where near as much as buying new books every so often. It would increase the pride in the document, people would be glad to keep it updated for a mere fraction of the cost of buying new books etc, the IET need to listen to the people they cater for, and not how many pound notes they can stuff into their coffers, in short the IET need modernising, all these new publications every 6 months or so, the courses are a joke, as are the exams, when most of us know it's only an exercise in navigating a BS, glad I have no need to update, although I probably will, just to keep up with you lot.

 

[oracle]

When I migrated from the 15th Edition my 16th (blue) edition was ring bound file and the updates were free to download and insert, so City and Guilds have done it before, but not since

 

[oracle]

They say it has to be updated is because of new technology. Why can't we just stick with standards installation rules and get the updates free from the manufacture of the new technology

 

[Pete999]

When I bought the Regs for another country they were £50 for a ring bound copy and you got all updates and amendments free You were responsible for keeping it up to date by contacting the government printer regularly to get the amendments and insert them into your file

All in it together Mate, make as much dosh as you can and bugger the working classes.