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Fred99

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#2671832 11-Mar-2021 18:06

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New Zealand is very permissive with the electrical work owner-occupiers are allowed to do. The main problem is that the scope for messing it up is huge, and many problems will result in serious injury, death, or burning your house down. Possibly months or years later.

That's not correct either. It's much the same in Aus, more lenient in the USA, and in many developing countries an "electrician" wiring houses is a builder's labourer with some wire-strippers, choc box connectors, and a roll of insulation tape.

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#2672035 11-Mar-2021 22:35

Senecio:

My caravan has a number of them installed. I wouldn't use them in a house, however. I'd much prefer a quality USB wall charger plugged into the 3-pin plug.

INteresting, I was under the impression that caravans required specific outlets with double pole switching on them, but that may be an AU only thing since they go nuts for double pole over there.

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#2672054 12-Mar-2021 00:06

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I don't either. That is the problem, as basic wiring used to be common knowledge, and IMO it should be. But guessing the drop in people owning their own home, and many people being shut out of the housing market, so not so many are into DIY and doing their own jobs and maintenance. I remember when even Dick Smiths used to have wiring diagrams for plugs in their catalogue.

Which reminds me of a helpful reminder I saw online.

Having trouble remembering which mains wire is which ?

Remember brown is the live wire - and that's what colour your pants will be if you touch it.

Yeap, that is the way I remember too.

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#2672066 12-Mar-2021 06:33

And in older houses red is hot!

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#2672202 12-Mar-2021 10:59

Fred99:

mkissin:

New Zealand is very permissive with the electrical work owner-occupiers are allowed to do. The main problem is that the scope for messing it up is huge, and many problems will result in serious injury, death, or burning your house down. Possibly months or years later.

That's not correct either. It's much the same in Aus, more lenient in the USA, and in many developing countries an "electrician" wiring houses is a builder's labourer with some wire-strippers, choc box connectors, and a roll of insulation tape.

I meant in the amount of work an owner-occupier is allowed to do, rather than in comparison to other countries. I'm also not sure I'd use developing countries as a yardstick for our regulations, but that's a different discussion.

Even just under the limit of replacing like-for-like, you can do most maintenance tasks yourself. However, it does rely on the products you install being safe, which is what I was getting at.

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