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On 12 Oct 2004 12:55:08 -0700, (Jim) wrote:
All critics of this installation are ill informed.
The poor womans death was avoidable, as is all domestic electrocutions
All house holders know that electricity is dangerous but choose not to
have their system checked and modernised usually because of the cost.
Well here we have an example of the cost, a womans life.
A modern electrical installation to BS7671 is safe.
The choice to have one or not is a free choice, the owner of this home
chose not to.
jim
The cable was wrongly installed by the fitter and by virtue of being
at an angle the installation was not compliant with BS7671.
However, even if it had been, the person installing the rack could, by
not being aware of the cable routing, have drilled into the side of
the cable.
So while it's true that an installation to the standard can be
considered safe as far as it goes, there is nothing that will protect
those who are not aware of where to expect that cables might be.
..andy
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