8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
8:43 p.m.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 23:17, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
40 years ago, I thought that requirement of an
electrician to wire outlets
and switches was silly, and that ANYBODY could wire an outlet or switch
right. ?Some of the stuff that I've encountered in the last 40 years has
convinced me otherwise.
There is also the question of liability (isn't there always?) and enforcement.
'Round here, you can wire your own house. But legally, you'll have to
have an electrician check it afterwards. But who will check? Noone,
ever. So, when does it actually matter? When you house burns down
due to an electrical fault. Good luck with your adjuster then.
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Joachim Thiemann :: http://www.tsp.ece.mcgill.ca/~jthiem