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Welcome to the nanny state
Moose:
I bet if it does come to law, they will give all the freebooters a sparky for free.
We will end up paying twice. :!:
Duncan Brown:
HELP
A light bulb has just gone pop in the kitchen
WHAT THE HECK DO I DO ??????
Wanderer:
Move the sink and cooker into the living room.
So that the living room is now the kitchen and then change the bulb and then move it all back again.
It shows how much thought has gone into it. It only takes a competent person to do their own gas pipes which can cause a lot more harm.
Ed
Duncan Brown:
Thanks mate I knew there would be a simple solution
we're dooomed
[god bless Mr Blair and the EC ]
muddyweb:
In an uncharacteristic defence of something like this.......
They are not looking to introduce rules to stop you wiring a plug or changing a lamp, or even work on ring mains or spurs.... they are looking to insist on a Test & Inspection by a qualified electrician of work carried out in certain circumstances.
Having worked in an around all manner of electrical installation for a good chunk of my working life (mostly entertainment systems as opposed to domestic it has to be said), I wish they had introduced something a long time ago.
That said, it is going to be VERY hard to regulate and enforce any such ruling... If I stick a new spur in the kitchen, who is to say it wasn't installed by the electrician who installed the initial wiring.
The only way to enforce it would be to insist on regular T&I of all domestic installations each year in the same way they do for commercial premises... and I'm not sure there are enough electricians in the country to do that !!
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am pretty much as anti-nanny state as you can get... but I think there is a degree of sense in this
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