Customer Reviews
You know you want it - By: A. Field, 21 Jul 2008 
I am about to order this. After reading the reviews I can't wait to get my hands on this & read it cover to cover to get all 17th,ed & ready for my next NICEIC inspection. It will be great, more regs, more questions, more trying to explain to customers. I may opt (have to) to go on a course aswell which is excellent as I was wondering where to go on holiday this year. Roll on the ammendments. There may even be a prequel & some retro bonding moments to come.
17th Edition, Great if you like poor workmanship and RCDs everywhere to cover poor workmanship!! - By: Mr. Paul Meenan, 12 Jul 2008 
Well, after years of is the 16th overkill or under, we all had our issues with the 16th as practical installers. but my god the 17th. have done the guilds, the tutor hated it, every electrician I know & have met hate the book. New numbering to allign with the EU, wow! great friggin idea that was. Oh by the way havn't the IET just issued an ammendment showing how stupid they were & highlighting how many mistakes arein this version. I would wait until they industry sees sense & makes the first published ammendemnt. £65 for a book with mistakes, bloody cheek!
Beside that, this version is great if your a piss poor electrician & like using RCDs everywhere. What ever happend to correctly selecting, installing, inspecting & testing a circuit with good workmanship & materials so that persons, property & livestock etc are protected without the need for these 1666 ohms cheat devices (which can & do seize up anyway if not maintained pushing the button after two years doesn't make a device reliable, its under fault that counts!) Might as well use bloody nails. TWO WORDS COWBOYS CHARTER!! & I stand by this, I am hold every city & guild available to date, & over 12 yearsin the industry, on site &in offices.
Book for the boys - By: Steven C. Colbourne, 15 May 2008 A book that is simply not written to be understood. A book that can only really be read if purchased with other guides. A book written by persons that have no idea about this industry. A black cable can now be live, existing blue cables now may be live but new blue ones will be neutrals. Persons will die because of these Regs. Written by so called experts that do not care how much it all costs. Let's put RCDs or RCBOs on everything. Why buy it, because you have to.
"Bob the fish!"......... - By: C. D. Warburton, 26 Apr 2008 ........What a guy! Try reading the description of the book before buying!
....My missus loves it now i'm "Mr Competant"!
Its just like the last edition, but red &......safety is beefed up.
It'd probably sell better as an audio C.D version, as a SLEEPING aid!
Maybe that'd get the price down to a reasonable cost.
Lets hope its a while before the next one, eh?
Whoa! Steady on Betty! - By: J. Wood, 03 Apr 2008 Shortly after I received my copy, my TROUSERS EXPLODED!
Its that good!
Its Electric!!!!!
