CONSULTATION VERSION 0.1
The Electricity Wiring Regulations (2007) Page 3 of 40
C o n t e n t s
1.
Introduction..........................................................................................................5
1.1
Citation and Commencement...............................................................5
1.2
Purpose................................................................................................5
1.3
Scope and Enforcement.......................................................................5
2.
Definitions............................................................................................................7
2.1
Interpretation........................................................................................7
3.
General Requirements......................................................................................13
3.1
Technical Standards, Materials and Workmanship............................13
3.2
Licensed Contractors..........................................................................13
3.3
Requirements for Safety.....................................................................13
3.4
Environmental Conditions...................................................................15
4.
Electricity Supply Parameters...........................................................................16
4.2
Declared Voltage and Frequency.......................................................16
4.3
Harmonics and Voltage Disturbances................................................16
4.4
Prospective Fault Current...................................................................16
5.
Electricity Supply Intake....................................................................................17
5.1
Supply Intake Rooms.........................................................................17
5.2
The Customer Connection Point........................................................17
5.3
Multiple Occupancy Premises............................................................18
5.4
Metering Requirements......................................................................18
5.5
Application for Supply and Load Estimates........................................18
6.
Protection..........................................................................................................19
6.1
General Principles..............................................................................19
6.2
Overload and Short Circuit Protection................................................19
6.3
Electric Shock Protection....................................................................20
6.4
Earth Leakage Protective Devices.....................................................20
6.5
Isolation..............................................................................................21
6.6
Insulation............................................................................................22
7.
Earthing.............................................................................................................23
7.1
General Principles..............................................................................23
7.2
Systems of Earthing...........................................................................23
7.3
Earth Electrodes.................................................................................24
7.4
Earth Conductors................................................................................24
7.5
Exposed Metallic Parts.......................................................................25
7.6
Equipotential Bonding Conductors.....................................................26
7.7
Earth Loop Impedance.......................................................................26
7.8
Lightning Protection............................................................................27
7.9
Functional Earthing.............................................................................27