Will Dean wrote:

But it's useful to have a recommendation for the book - some of the 'helper'
books that go with the regs are poor, IMO.

Err, yes. They could combine all the GNs into one book for a start.
Also we now have the OSG (essential but poorly constructed) /and/ the
Electrician's Guide to the building Regs. There's a huge amount of
overlap between these two and they cry out to be combined.

Paul Cook seems pretty good, in general, though.

Yes, although Brian Jenkins, who did the commentary on the 15th Edition,
is a better writer, IMHO.

I'll just about get the set up to date, and they'll issue a '17th edition',
no doubt.

There may not ever be a 17th Ed. - just further editions of BS 7671, I
guess. Then BS EN 6xxxx and maybe BS EN ISO xxxxxx. Who knows?

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Andy