On Tuesday, 23 June 2015 22:58:13 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
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On Monday, 22 June 2015 21:51:09 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
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On Monday, 22 June 2015 20:40:40 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
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On Sunday, 21 June 2015 23:20:25 UTC+1, Jim x321x wrote:
My house was built and wired in the 1980s and has an old-style fuse
box.


Is there really a significant
increase in electrical safety with the modern RCD units?

There are 20 something deaths from shock a year, mostly due to
people
doing idiotic things. RCDs reduce the risk. This is a long way down
the
list of Risky Things in Life, so is the oposite of a priority.


So what what would you prioritize?

Look at the top 10 killers.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lead...s-of-death.htm

The top 2 are heart disease & cancer. They kill half the population.
Expert concensus is half these deaths are readily avoidable by
healthier
eating, not smoking & some exercise. These are the number 1 priorities.

A lifesyle choice is not relevant to diy or general risks in the house..

Risks and the cost of avoiding them are 100% relevant to risks and the
cost of avoiding them


I do not consider telling a fat ******* to eat less less food to be DIY
related.

Fitting a lock on a fridge is DIY related.

So what. A DIY safety improvement is only worth doing if its not way down the list of what one can usefully do. RCDs have their upside, but at 20 something deaths versus over 100,000 a year they're just not the priority. Eat healthily, learn advanced driving, treat infections promptly & vigilantly, take proper precautions with power tools and so on. If all those plus dozens of others are done, then an RCD becomes worthwhile.

Funny how so many think electricity & gas a big risk, when really the most dangerous things we do are food shopping & smoking.


NT