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Default Legalities of changing sockets and brakes in England?



"Scott Lurndal" wrote in message
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"Commander Kinsey" writes:
This is insane. Legally (like anyone pays any attention to these laws)
you cannot do simple things like fitting an electrical socket to your own
home, but you can change the brakes on your car. The second one is FAR
more dangerous to other people!



I'm not sure about that.

Bad brakes are less likely to cause:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire

While poor electrical work often leads to fire.


Not very often a fire that does any more
than minor damage to your own house.