On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:07:14 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

On 23/10/2014 12:05, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:18:45 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 22/10/2014 19:42, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:04:30 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 22/10/2014 00:39, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:33:04 +0100, GB
wrote:

On 21/10/2014 23:57, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 23:49:01 +0100, GB
wrote:

On 21/10/2014 23:30, Uncle Peter wrote:

It appears she did. And when I said I had fuses she was
horrified.

I've just had some fuses replaced with trip switches on a house I'm
letting out. It makes life an awful lot simpler.

Why is it simpler? Fuses hardly ever blow, unlike some breakers....


See if you can work it out.

It isn't simpler, that's the answer.

Try this as a thought experiment:

Its 11pm, your tenant has just rang to say they turned the hall light
on, and now all the lights have gone out. You have a choice of
talking a
technically clueless person through:

1) Finding the circuit breaker with the popped out button, and telling
them to push it

or

2) pulling out a fuse carrier, finding a screwdriver, finding some fuse
wire, get them to work out which is the 5A, now talk them through
wiring
the carrier (in the dark), and replacing the fuse.

I would contest that 1 is far simpler for all involved.

3) Tell the tenant that landlords are not nannies and they need to work
it out for themselves, then ask if they're going to phone to ask if
their milk is still drinkable next, or how to change the baby's nappy.

Which results in you the landlord getting a bill for the emergency
electrician the tenant called when they discovered the landlord was
acting like a childish prick.

You don't need an electrician to change a fuse or push a circuit
breaker.

And there is the key point. You probably don't need them to reset a
circuit breaker. However you may well need one to safely rewire a fuse
these days.

It's hardly rocket science. It's easier than wiring a plug.

That would be like calling an electrician to change a
lightbulb. The tenant should pay of course, for being an ignoramus.

So as owner of the property, what you are saying is that when a
rewireable fuse pops, you would like someone with no understanding even
of how to change a plug, to be let loose on your property making it up
as they go along. Brave decision.

Like I said, it's not rocket science. If they're intelligent enough to read and write, they can rewire a fuse.

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