"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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"BigWallop" wrote in message
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If you have any doubt in the work that you carried out, then you should leave it
well
alone. More especially where the health and safety of others is a big issue.

If this advice were followed in DIY matters, most DIY would not occur.
And I think DIY is overall a very good thing. Thus I would question
the above. I do see its merits, but also I see problems with it.

As far as electrical work goes, in the great majrity of cases it
should be possible for most untrained persons to find out the details
of what is required, and do it themselves without endangering anyone.
But... there are some who are not willing to find out, some too stupid
to follow good advice, and some who just dont know what theyre doing.

Finally, competence is not a question of whether youve done an NVQ in
electrical wiring. Its somewhat more complicated than that.


Regards, NT

Very true in all you're saying, but a good majority of DIYers have the attitude of
"That'll do, it's only doing that" because they don't take time to find out how it
should be done safely and securely. And, as you say, competency is more than just
knowing how it's done.