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<blockquote data-quote="unphased" data-source="post: 544686" data-attributes="member: 6"><p>I suppose when the dangers of electricity were first realised, and the first attempts at regulating installations were published, the focus was on the method to make sure it was safe. Unfortunately, BS7671 has lost its way. It has become embroiled in anything and everything. It's sad really because the opportunity to keep it simple and avoid all the baggage enveloping it has long gone. When you attempt to involve energy saving, environment, types of user, and all the other stuff too long to list, it loses its effectiveness. Electricity can be installed safely. That's what the Regulations SHOULD have limited themselves to. Other aspects like energy saving, as one example, are a separate issue entirely from safety. In fact too much dialogue in BS7671 wonders off in to territories it should not ever get involved. The result is an ever expanding wordy document that trys to be all encompassing. In many respects it is almost naive in its approach, trying to pretend it improves safety. Safety is embedded in it but sadly it is lost in an overwhelming conglomeration of unnecessary padding that does not belong. If it focused on safe installation of wires, it would be so much more effective. A simple example is bare conductors. Unsafe. Put insulation around it. Safe. The current approach is to add a thousand words and embroil a hundred factors to that. I would call it being smart arsed. That's the result of trying to be too clever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unphased, post: 544686, member: 6"] I suppose when the dangers of electricity were first realised, and the first attempts at regulating installations were published, the focus was on the method to make sure it was safe. Unfortunately, BS7671 has lost its way. It has become embroiled in anything and everything. It's sad really because the opportunity to keep it simple and avoid all the baggage enveloping it has long gone. When you attempt to involve energy saving, environment, types of user, and all the other stuff too long to list, it loses its effectiveness. Electricity can be installed safely. That's what the Regulations SHOULD have limited themselves to. Other aspects like energy saving, as one example, are a separate issue entirely from safety. In fact too much dialogue in BS7671 wonders off in to territories it should not ever get involved. The result is an ever expanding wordy document that trys to be all encompassing. In many respects it is almost naive in its approach, trying to pretend it improves safety. Safety is embedded in it but sadly it is lost in an overwhelming conglomeration of unnecessary padding that does not belong. If it focused on safe installation of wires, it would be so much more effective. A simple example is bare conductors. Unsafe. Put insulation around it. Safe. The current approach is to add a thousand words and embroil a hundred factors to that. I would call it being smart arsed. That's the result of trying to be too clever. [/QUOTE]
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