The French electrical code: books and websites.

[RobertArthur]

The Promotelec organisation has revamped its website. There is now also a section covering the essentials of electrical installation, the heart of how a home or building functions. It must guarantee safety, performance and adaptability to current and future needs. This page brings together the essentials you need to know about its key components ( consumer unit, sockets, circuit breakers, earthing, etc.), best practices for checking and maintenance, as well as solutions for upgrading an installation according to its use: home automation, IRVE (electric vehicle chargepoint), renovation, etc. Both professionals and individuals will find practical advice, explanatory diagrams and guidelines for designing, understanding or modernising an electrical installation that complies with standards, in particular the NF C 15-100 standard, the French electrical regulation for low-voltage (LV) installations.

Les essentiels de l'installation électrique.

The two gentlemen Gallauziaux & Fedullo updated their "L'Installation Électrique" in June this year (2025), now the 8th edition. It follows the new structure of the French regs, 21 individual chapters.
The latest edition of Promotelec's standard work ‘L'Officiel de l'Electricité’ dates from 2022, i.e. before the revision of NF C 15-100, which came into force this year. Probably an update real soon now. As this revision has brought about very few real changes for the installation of electrical systems in houses, I still use the reference works that were published in 2016 and 2017. Combined with what Promotelec's website now has to offer, this is more than enough for me.

[Hotrodder]

"L'Installation Électrique" by G&F was my guide doing two complete installations from scratch decades ago. Some times I thought my head would burst trying to type it all into a translater but that very hassle meant that I eventually understood the differences between UK and French methods, and I could see the sound reasons for those differences. Such a shame their wasn't an English translation, or at least a PDF version that could be more easily translated.

[RobertArthur]

Not for every DIY guy, the SéQuélec data sheets: essential reference material for electricians. Already for many years available on the website of ENEDIS, now a nice overview by Promotelec.

I just had a look at the website of the Eyrolles publishing company and to my surprise the update of Promotelec's reference quide, L'Officiel de l'Électricité, has still not been published for some or other reason. The revised 2022 edition is still going strong. Perhaps the publishing company wants to sell all what's left in stock before going to the market with a new edition.

Promotelec already published a summary of the new regs introduced last year, covering the structure of the regs, not a DIY or electrician's guide.

Une nouvelle structure NF C15-100-1