Members
Andrew Fairless
Darren Griffiths
Member JPEL/A/64
Jason Fisher
Member JPEL/B/64
Lee Cowie
Member JPEL/D/64
Mark Richards
Member JPEL/B/64
Matthew Mears
Member JPEL/D/64
Martyn Stanway
Member JPEL/A/64
Peter Angel
Member JPEL/D/64
Paul Harris (Chair)
Member JPEL/64
Paul Wheldon
Phil Greenough
Member JPEL/C/64
Tomas Jucas
BS 7671 And IHEEM
IHEEM have been involved in development of the national electrical standard for the UK for over 20 years.
Since that time, we have seen the development of Section 710 Medical Locations grow and continue to grow as well as other areas of the standard that affect our members. We as the ETP work at all levels within the industry bringing our knowledge and expertise to the expert committees. However, we rely on feedback from the wider IHEEM membership to ensure we are representing you our membership in the best possible way. As can be seen above we have representation on the relevant committees and subcommittees in the following areas:
JPEL/64 – Joint IET/BSI Technical committee (National Committee)
JPEL/A/64 – Verification
JPEL/B/64 -Thermal Effects
JPEL/C/64 -Shock Protection
JPEL/D/64 – External influences
Our members also serve on international committees supporting the UK position in the international forum which include:
- MT4 – Producing the IEC 60479 series of documents relating to Effects of current on human beings and livestock
- MT40 – Producing IEC 60364-7-710 Medical Locations
- WG6 – Producing HD 60364-7-710 Medical Locations
- PT725 – Development of the new standard IEC 60364-725 Resilient Power Supplies
We look to support our membership by responding to technical queries which can be accessed through ASK AN EXPERT proving our membership with appropriate and timely advice.
Please find attached our draft proposal to assist the recording of supplementary equipotential bonding results for members to download, utilise and improve upon as necessary. Currently, we are awaiting feedback from members and have a number of suggestions which we will include such as instructions to users and recipients. Should you have any feedback that should be submitted on the ASK AN EXPERT link or email to clair.wilkins@iheem.org.uk
News and Updates
Current Version of BS-7671
A new Amendment of BS 7671: 2018 was published on the 28 March 2022. This has a large number of changes for the electrical industry, some of the significant changes are as follows:
- Arc Fault Detection Devices (AFDDs)
- changes to fire safety requirements in chapter 422, covering the design of electrical installations in industrial, commercial and multiple-occupancy homes, as well as new information for ‘protected escape routes’
- protection against over voltages
- changes across Part 7: Special Locations
- new part – Part 8 Prosumer’s Low Voltage Electrical Installations.
Whilst there are changes across the standard which are very important, there are changes to Section 710 Medical Locations which we anticipate will be of particular interest to IHEEM members. IHEEM has been represented within the JPEL 64 committees by members of the Electrical Technical Platform (ETP) and therefore, the ETP are looking forward to supporting members queries or concerns relating to the changes explain the logic applied to bring about the particular change to allow members to resolve their concerns about the technical intent of changes.
We would ask that now Amendment 2 of BS 7671:2018 has been published, members submit their questions, observations and feedback through the ‘ASK AN EXPERT’ in the knowledge hub on Institute website.
BS 7671: 2018+A3
As part of the recently announced draft for public comment (DPC) on the proposed BS 7671:2018 +A3 2024 the IHEEM ETP invite comments on the new DPC which can be addressed directly through the BSI web portal or sent to the ETP via Clair Wilkins (Platform Secretary) at clair.wilkins@iheem.org.uk.
We also intend to keep members informed in term of actions taken and progress made with the development of BS 7671.
Many thanks for your anticipated cooperation in this matter