Re: [OT] DIY electrical work

"Jon Senior" <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk> wrote in message
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Just zis Guy, you know? [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

Correct. And as a B.Eng (Hons), MIEE, who has been working on house
wiring since my early teens, I find it quite amusing that I will not
be allowed to work on my own wiring. I suppose I'll have to burn my
copy of the IEE regs...

No. You just have to pay the local "training organisation" to inspect
your wiring and certify you. Then you can install wiring everywhere! ;-)

I have a degree in electronics!!! (believe it or not) but I would not
feel too confident rewiring a house(first time) (never stopped my dad
doing it though
and he left school at 13-14!!).

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Jon

half_pint [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

I have a degree in electronics!!! (believe it or not) but I would not
feel too confident rewiring a house(first time) (never stopped my dad
doing it though
and he left school at 13-14!!).

Wrong scale you see. You're thinking too small.

I have a degree in Biochemistry but have a lot of experience of working
with mains electricity and have tailed in numerous temporary supplies
over the last few years. I wouldn't think twice about rewiring a house,
but I would read through the 16th Edition Wiring Regs first just in case
I had missed anything obvious.

Jon

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 01:17:04 -0000, Jon Senior

jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk said:

You just have to pay the local "training organisation" to inspect
your wiring and certify you. Then you can install wiring everywhere! ;-)

Tempting to do that - and the local plumbing organisation too.
There's gold in them thar hills :-)

Guy
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half_pint said:

I have a degree in electronics!!! (believe it or not) but I would not
feel too confident rewiring a house(first time) (never stopped my dad
doing it though >and he left school at 13-14!!).

Pah. Anything less than half an amp is leakage.

And nothing stopped my dad doing his own wiring either. Rightly so:
he is a qualified electrician :-)

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

Pah. Anything less than half an amp is leakage.

That might have to make it onto a T-shirt.

Jon

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 01:53:42 -0000 someone who may be "half_pint"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

I have a degree in electronics!!! (believe it or not) but I would not
feel too confident rewiring a house(first time)

Good. Electronics is not the same as electrical work.

However, with a degree in electronics you should find it relatively
easy to become competent in basic wiring.

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