Is there such a thing as a "DIY electrical job"?

[Adam W]

You can even end up with quite a serious electrical fault by simply putting shelves up. Been to a few of those before.

Exactly - in that instance the person putting up the shelves was out of their depth and should have either learned how to do it, left it to someone competent or not bothered.

 

[Adam W]

if i was not competent to do it right, i would. i was fixing cars and motorbikes, rebuilding engines, welding in patches, repairing bodywork, at el, probably before you were born. anything i could not do, i either learnt or passed it over.

There aren't many things which a competent person can't DIY (apart from certain kinds of surgery), but at the same time an incompetent person can make a hash of the simplest of jobs and should leave them to someone else.
There are very few tasks which anyone should guarantee can be DIYed, and in that respect there is no such thing as a DIY electrical job.

 

[littlespark]

What if the DIY'er in question is actually an electrician? Does that count?

 

[Midwest]

why the disagree, pete? i done all my brake pad/shoe/caliper/cylinder replacements for donkeys. never had a brake failure yet. only thing now is the strain in knees, is it worth it to save £50?

You've just been trying to bump her indoors off for years, and never been successful. Call yourself an engineer

 

[static zap]

Wiring a plug top with the wiring chart - still attached to the pin side ?

 

[gnuuser]

of course there is its called hanging up Christmas lights!
while everything else an electrician does may look easy to do, there is a lot more to learn than just matching up colors of the conductors!

 

[pirate]

Put new batteries in my torch yesterday...got it wrong, first time