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Counterfeit IET books.

Sparkingchip

A few years ago I posted on this forum saying that I had personally received a counterfeit copy of the IET Code of Practice for In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment sold through an online selling platform.

I complained and received a refund after I returned the book, but a bad review I left was taken down as it did not meet the selling platform guidelines for reviews.

Counterfeit IET books are still being sold through that and other online retailers, and many of these books have misprints in them which are potentially dangerous.

“Caveat emptor” applies to purchases from many online retailers “let the buyer beware.” It’s not worth trying to save a few quid buying IET books from them.

electrical.theiet.org/.../

  • Or pop up to Elex, where you usually get a discount, at Sandown tomorrow or Friday. :-)

  • Have you reported this to the IET?

    I am involved with a group that publishes various de-facto standards, and we would actively pursue anyone who is selling copies or making the documents available as pdfs.

  • Counterfeit hologram.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    What is I presume is a genuine hologram having bought this book myself from a reputable supplier, there are couple of noticeable differences, the upended “IET” and “UK” are reversed, but overall there’s little difference.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    I'll use the 1mm in case 103 please, as it can take more current that the 1,5mm in the same environment. yeah right,.

    Mike

  • in reply to mapj1

    That 1.0 mm is really good, it will carry more current than the 1.5, 2.5 and 4.0 mm.

    It is obviously wrong, but other errors may not be so apparent.

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