John Laird wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:20:17 +0100, Andrew McKay
wrote:

I found some figures relating to electricity in the home on the ROSPA
web site:

http://www.rospa.com/CMS/index.asp

"During 2000, there were a total of 44 deaths involving electric
current in the UK".

It's a fair bet that a good proportion of those will be abraded or loose
flexes, kids poking metal objects into sockets, complete morons working on
live appliances, in short, nothing to do with bodged installations. (More

Let alone addressing the issue of how many of these are due to DIY and
how many of these are due to "professionals".

It wouldn't suprise me if more electrical problems are caused by
rodents (either pets or vermin) given the way a collegue's gerbil loves
to remove insulation from flex.

likely to cause fires I would have thought.)