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Please keep this on track and comments sensible.

I think that the IET et al are really taking the pxss with all the updates of BS7671 - the BYB due out in January, has hardly got life threatening changes so why update it now.

So please place your vote....
 
I put every three years, technology is changing fast these days due to new electronic equipment and I believe BMS type systems will be implemented in new housing within the next 10 years, once that happens everyone will need to be up to date with new regs, there will be computer hubs in cupboards or under stair cases and you will be able to switch on the tv or lights at home from your remote control and mobile phone, it has already sort of started, once the cost comes down wiring in new houses as we know it will change forever, JMO. The supplies to equipment will probably change to take this into account, also technology with machinery is changing all the time, as kit changes, regs change.
 
I voted for 5, ...................in line with what should be an apprenticeship.

It's just the outlay. Ammend yearly if free...but why should we pay?
 
What I resent is not the frequency of updates, but rather that the publications are so expensive. As well as the regs and OSG, I also have several of the guidance notes, all of which will need to be replaced (if I want to keep latest versions). These publications should all be available at minimal cost, especially on-line versions - I don't believe IET should be using these as a revenue stream.

And secondly, when the regs and OSG are published, from past experience, the guidance notes will be months (even years?) behind in being updated. Why can't the whole set be available together?
 
If the technology in the industry is changing then the technology of the regs books should change buy one down loaded book that we can all read on our laptops tablets phones etc for a reasonably price say ÂŁ25 and then all we need to do is buy the update as an when , and why do they have to keep changing the reg number format each time ?
 
The IET have set a precedence, and the regs will be updated every 3 years. The next edition/version or whatever they come up with will be introduced in 2018. Guess who is behind it all.......no surprise, its the NICEIC. They may not write the regs, but they tell the IET what to put in it.

Cheers..............Howard
 
When ever i picture these dudes,deciding on the type and frequency of changes to the latest edition...i always get a mental image of the "commitee" in "Life of Brian",discussing his rescue off the cross.....the rights and practicalities of such updates is ALWAYS going to be over-shadowed by the fact that income streams are linked directly to those decisions. I cannot understand why these updates are available,changed or not,electronically. Most data regarding plant and equipment is issued and absorbed in this manner,at most dealerships working on them. That view comes from a man who collects books,antique and otherwise,the Magna-Carta,not being on a disc...:icon12:
 

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