Guidance Note 2: Isolation & Switching provides clear guidance on what can be a confusing aspect of BS 7671. It is ideal for those working in specification, testing and inspection and for consulting engineers, as well as electrical installers and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018:2022.

• Cooperating organizations
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Statutory requirements
• Chapter 2: Overview of the Wiring Regulations
• Chapter 3: Definitions and principles
• Chapter 4: Isolation
• Chapter 5: Switching off for mechanical maintenance
• Chapter 6: Emergency switching and emergency stopping
• Chapter 7: Functional switching
• Chapter 8: Firefighters' switches
• Chapter 9: Special installations or locations
• Chapter 10: Prosumer's low-voltage electrical installations
• Appendix A: Safety service and product standards of relevance to this Guidance Note
• Appendix B: Safe isolation procedures
• Appendix C: Permit-to-Work procedures
• Appendix D: Safety locks and group lock boxes
• Appendix E: Forms of separation for LV switchgear
• Index