RE: Re: New UK Building Regs. Will Outlaw DIY Wiring

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Did we buy the same house ?

Who needs an earth on an exposed metal fixing anyway, and insulation tape
&
connector blocks do the job don't they :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:19 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: New UK Building Regs. Will Outlaw DIY Wiring
>
> > How many local electricians will have seen any HA installs ? I
can
> hear the
> > sharp intake of breath from the local guy and bill going through
> the roof as
> > I type :-)
>
> Exactly the reason I did my install myself, I can't imagine
> what your average sparks would have thought of running every
> single light and light switch back to one of three big
> distribution boards.
>
> However I am 100% sure that what I have installed is much
> safer than the rubbish that was there before. After all I
> don't think that a ceiling light supplied by speaker wire
> coming from a 'junction box'* with 5 mains spurs comming out
> of it, was quite up to regs anyway!
>
> I am still amazed at how the house has managed to survive
> this long with wiring that broke every rule in the book, not
> a single earth to any light or switch and plenty of wood
> chips, horse hair and straw under every floor board.
>
>
>
> * junction box is not actually the best way of describing
> several connector blocks of differing sizes all linked
> together and wrapped up lots of oozing old insulation tape.
> However the tape did do a reasonable job of holding the wires
> in place where screws had been overlooked. And I do miss the
> high tech pressure activated lighting in the dining room
> which would blink on and off as the kids ran around upstairs ;-)
>
>
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