BS 7671 : 2018 + A4 : 2026

21:31 for me.

I hope that the delivery is better than one today which was a week late. A bit shabby and looked like it had been sitting in the van for the week.

Looking forward to it, especially for batteries.

I also ordered, among other things, a copy of the IET Electrical Installation Design Guide (6th Edition) but its not included in this dispatch and now looks like it will be July 2026 before it arrives . . . will be reading material for the long summer evenings!

I see 551.7.1 has been expanded, I wonder how this will impact the plug in solar debate?

Not at all as BS 7671 does not deal with anything that plugs in to and installation other than caravans.

Have you received your copy already? I'm not expecting to see mine before the weekend, at the earliest.

Ross C said:

Have you received your copy already?

I believe those who use VitalSource platform can see it already.

I have it on my Vital source package along with an updated IET Guidance Note 3.

IET members get a 25% discount on the public price.

JP

John, I agree that BS 7671 imposes no requirements upon anything which may be plugged in, but what about 411.3.3? Whether there must be additional protection for a socket-outlet depends upon who is using it and where it is being used.

Then there is 551.7.2, which prohibits connection of a generating set by means of a plug and socket-outlet. Arguably, whatever plug-in solar is connected to becomes an inlet just as a caravan has one (721.55.1).

Mark Coles did not rule out the possibility of an Amendment 5 this morning. I cannot help feeling that BS 7671 cannot ignore small-scale solar just because it is plugged in.

Do we know who will be delivering it please? (The postman has already been today.)

I have the digital copy, it turned up this morning