Sweeping proposals are coming in the pre-launch 18th Edition for January 2018.
The principle one which affects overhead cabling has done away with the wording “all escape routes” as being open to misinterpretation. In its place: “All cables, everywhere, to be protected against premature collapse by metallic supports only”.
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Other items mentioned in Edition 18 are the following:
- All cables, everywhere, to be protected against premature collapse by metallic supports only
- Circuits with a 30mA RCD should not exceed 10mA
- New information about connection of surge protection devices
- New requirement for earth electrode supplementing any earthing facility provided by the distributor
(Source ECA, September 2017). See video.
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