That's interesting. Were they to stick to roughly the average over the past few editions of about 13 years between editions, we would have about another 6 years to wait for the "18th". Does what you say imply that we'll probably see it much sooner than that?
Fair enough. Looking back, FWIW, the last edition of Wiring Regs prior to them becoming BS7671 ("15th ed.") ran to four amendments - although that obviously does not mean anything in terms of BS rules.Actually I might have been wrong there.
The rule in IEC and ISO is that the third amendment to a standard results in a new edition, although it is possible by exception to have a third amendment. However I can't find that rule repeated in BS0, so perhaps our Nation Standards Body does not implement that rule.
You really need an astrologer or time machine - but, FWIW, I frankly doubt that any of the things you mention will be there.
Out of those, the only one I think likely is the surge protection, which is being pushed by manufacturers.
Manufacturers of what - surge protectors? If so, ...... !!!! However, what you say doesn't surprise me, given all the new stuff relating to surge protection etc. which appeared in Amd1 (was that due to 'pushing by manufacturers' as well?), but I'm not sure that (m)any people have taken much notice of it, and it also seems one of the least human-safety-related areas that are dealt with by BS7671.
How about deprecation of ring finals?
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