Useful books, from which you can learn a great deal.

The first one is an excellent introduction for novices to UK domestic wiring practices. If, for example, you don't know why a ceiling rose has 3 cables and why connecting all the blacks (or blues) together is a Bad Idea™ this is the book for you.

Numbers 2 & 3 are pretty essential if you want to ensure that what you do conforms to the Wiring and Building Regulations, but they don't contain the regulations themselves, just references to them.

#4, the Electrician's Guide is a very good explanation of why the Wiring Regulations say what they do, and it is highly recommended.

Numbers 5 & 6, the Amicus guides are useful if you want something small to carry around, and the Regulations guide reproduces a number of the important tables from the regulations themselves. The testing guide is probably of less interest to DIYers, (except insofar as it's an eye-opener to the testing that should be done), but if you buy the two together you get a discount.

#7, the Wiring Regulations themselves. Not scintillating reading, and unlikely to be turned into an Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical, but the utlimate authoratitive source.

#8, Guidance Note 1. All of the guidance notes are useful, but some are more usful than others. This is probably the most useful.

#15, the IEE's own guide to the regulations. The Electricians Guide (#4) is a good explanation of the regs, but if you fancy one with a bit more of the electrical engineering theory behind it all, this is the one for you.

IMPORTANT NOTE - when buying books from Amazon, seek confirmation that they are the latest versions.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0852028172


http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0863413749
or http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20261


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20500


http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0953788547
or http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Electricians_Guide_Book/index.html


http://www.technicaltrainingsolutions.co.uk/publications.shtml


http://www.technicaltrainingsolutions.co.uk/publications.shtml


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20250


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20234


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20235


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20236


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20237


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20238


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20239


http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=WR%20240

The Electricians Guide shown above is a good explanation of the regs, but if you fancy one with a bit more of the electrical engineering theory behind it all, I can recommend this:

http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/WireAssoc/index.cfm?book=NS%20031