On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:50:49 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:16:18 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:

On 12/06/2019 18:02, Commander Kinsey wrote:
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!

https://www.mglondon.uk/blog/electri...n-electrician/

While I'm no fan of Part P and I'm not defending it, perhaps you'd be
less irate if you checked a decent source.

That one has obvious contradictions. Eg: Look at the entry referring to
sockets in both lists. (Item 1 in first list, 3&4 in second list.)

I guess it's one of those rules that nobody understands.

Plenty do.

You'd have to be pretty dull to read an understand all that crap.

Yes, you are that stupid.

I'm intelligent enough to ignore rules.

A (Scottish, therefore not subject to part P) electrician told me you
couldn't even replace a lightswitch in England without a certificate.

He was wrong.

Possibly,

Absolutely certainly.

I think he's just rather over cautious since he also owns a couple of
properties he rents out, which have even more stringent bull**** to
contend with.

Not on that they don't.

They do. He needs a safety certificate form a qualified certified bull**** electrician.