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EurIng John T Bradley BSc CEng MIET FCIBSE is Principal Engineer at the Electrical Safety Council.
| Preface to the Fourth Edition | |
| Foreword | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Notation | |
| Plan and terminology of BS 7671:2008 and supporting publications | |
| Plan of BS 7671:2008 | |
| Terminology of BS 7671:2001 | |
| Supporting publications | |
| Electricity, the law, standards and codes of practice | |
| General | |
| Electricity: the hazards | |
| The law | |
| Standards and codes of practice | |
| Scope, object and fundamental principles | |
| General | |
| Scope | |
| Object and effects | |
| Fundamental principles | |
| Assessment of general characteristics | |
| General | |
| Loading, maximum demand and diversity | |
| Arrangement of live conductors and type of earthing | |
| Nature of supply | |
| Supplies for safety services and standby purposes | |
| Installation circuit arrangements | |
| External influences | |
| Compatibility | |
| Maintainability | |
| Protection against electric shock | |
| General | |
| Provisions for basic protection | |
| Protective measure: automatic disconnection of supply | |
| Protective measure: double or reinforced insulation | |
| Protective measure: electrical separation | |
| Protective measure: extra-low voltage provided by separated extra-low voltage or protective extra-low voltage | |
| Additional protection | |
| Obstacles and placing out of reach | |
| Protective measures for application only where the installation is controlled or under the supervision of skilled or instructed persons | |
| Protection against thermal effects | |
| General | |
| Fire caused by electrical equipment | |
| Precautions where particular risks of danger of fire exist | |
| Burns | |
| Protection against overcurrent, undervoltage and overvoltage | |
| General | |
| Nature of protective devices | |
| Protection against overload | |
| Protection against fault current | |
| Determination of prospective fault current | |
| Characteristics of protective devices | |
| Overcurrent protection of conductors in parallel | |
| Coordination of overload and fault current protection | |
| Protection according to the nature of circuits and distribution systems | |
| Protection against undervoltage | |
| Protection against overvoltage | |
| Isolation and switching | |
| General | |
| Main switch | |
| Isolation | |
| Switching off for mechanical maintenance | |
| Emergency switching and other forms of switching for safety | |
| Emergency stopping | |
| Functional switching | |
| Identification and notices | |
| Equipment selection: common rules | |
| General | |
| Compliance with standards | |
| Operational conditions, external influences and accessibility | |
| Identification and notices | |
| Mutual detrimental influences | |
| Compatibility | |
| Operation and maintenance manual | |
| Wiring systems | |
| Wiring systems | |
| External influences | |
| Proximity to other services: general | |
| Methods of installation of cables | |
| Resistances of copper conductors | |
| Electrical connections | |
| Cable supports and cable management systems | |
| Minimizing the risk of fire | |
| Electromagnetic and electromechanical effects | |
| Conduit and trunking cable capacities | |
| Maintainability | |
| Switchgear, protective devices and other equipment | |
| Switchgear and protective devices: general | |
| Switchgear and controlgear | |
| Selection of devices for overload and fault current protection: general | |
| Overcurrent protective devices | |
| Residual current devices | |
| Identification of overcurrent protective devices | |
| Discrimination | |
| Other equipment | |
| Protective conductors, earthing and equipotential bonding | |
| Protective conductors | |
| Earthing | |
| Earthing requirements for the installation of equipment having high protective conductor currents | |
| Protective bonding | |
| Specialized installations | |
| General | |
| Emergency lighting | |
| Fire detection and alarm systems | |
| Petrol filling stations and liquid petroleum gas stations | |
| Installations in dusty environments | |
| Installations in underground and multistorey car parks, etc | |
| Installations in multi-occupancy blocks of flats | |
| Installations in Section 20 buildings | |
| Installations in churches | |
| Installations in thatched properties | |
| Extra-low voltage lighting | |
| Outdoor lighting installations, highway power supplies and street furniture | |
| Security lighting | |
| Welding equipment | |
| Entertainers equipment | |
| Generator sets | |
| Safety services | |
| Safety services: general | |
| Common sources | |
| Parallel and nonparallel sources | |
| Circuit and equipment requirements | |
| Protection against overcurrent and electric shock under fault conditions | |
| The smaller installation | |
| Scope | |
| The IEE On-Site Guide and the NICEIC Domestic Electrical Installation Guide | |
| Use's requirements | |
| Wiring systems | |
| Electricity distributo's requirements | |
| Assessment of supply characteristics | |
| Meter tails | |
| System earthing arrangements | |
| Main protective bonding | |
| Minimum cross-sectional area of earthing and main protective bonding conductors | |
| Supplementary bonding | |
| Devices for protection against overcurrent and for fault protection | |
| Devices for isolation and switching | |
| Final circuit design | |
| Remote buildings | |
| Minimum number of socket-outlets in domestic premises | |
| Modifications to existing installations | |
| Inspection, testing, verification and certification of the smaller installation | |
| Special installations and locations | |
| General | |
| Locations containing a bath or shower | |
| Swimming pools and other basins | |
| Rooms and cabins containing sauna heaters | |
| Construction-site installations | |
| Agricultural and horticultural premises | |
| Conducting locations with restricted movement | |
| Electrical installations in caravan/camping parks and similar locations | |
| Marinas and similar locations | |
| Exhibition shows and stands | |
| Solar photovoltaic power supply systems | |
| Mobile or transportable units | |
| Electrical installations in caravans and motor caravans | |
| Temporary electrical installations for structures, amusement devices and booths at fairgrounds, amusement parks and circuses | |
| Floor and ceiling heating systems | |
| Inspection, testing, certification and reporting | |
| Inspection, testing, certification and reporting: general | |
| Test instruments | |
| Safety in electrical testing | |
| Test methods | |
| Initial verification | |
| Periodic inspection and testing | |
| Alterations and additions | |
| Inspection, testing and certification of specialized installations | |
| Appendix Standards to which reference has been made | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index of figures | |
| Index of tables | |
| Index of regulation numbers | |
| Subject index | |
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