
Introduction: the IEE Wiring
Regulations
It was once said, by whom I have no idea, that 'rules and regul-
ations are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of
fools.'
This is certainly true in the case of the IEE Regulations for
the Electrical Equipment of Buildings - commonly known as the
IEE Wiring Regulations. They are not statutory rules, but
recommendations for the safe selection and erection of wiring
installations. Earlier editions were treated as an 'electrician's
Bible': the Regulations now take the form primarily of a design
document.
The IEE Wiring Regulations are divided into seven parts. These
follow a logical patter ...