Notice to DIY people

[sxsparky]

Notice to DIY PEOPLE

NEVER mess with electricity!


Electricity is fascinating and useful—but it can also be incredibly dangerous. The electricity that flows from power plants travels at thousands of times higher voltages than the electricity in our homes. If you are stupid enough to touch anything connected to power equipment, you will almost certainly die a very painful and unpleasant death. So heed warnings like this one and stay well away.
The electricity that comes out of household power sockets is also plenty dangerous enough to kill you, so keep away from that too. Don't play with household power sockets under any circumstances and never take apart electrical appliances, because dangerous voltages can linger inside even after they are switched off.

Call an electrician you tight git!!!
by not and trying to do it yourself it could cost you alot more and even your or your family's life

 

[Darkwood]

Just to undermine the strength of the OP only 40 general public a year are killed by electricution on average in the uk with a population of 70million, although every death is one too many it shows as a percentage that it is actually a very small risk of been killed, most contact with electric is usually quick accidental brush against offending powered item which has a natural spasm of the muscles to pull away instantly, its normally the rare occasions where you fully grab an item with a PD that can lock you in place to receive a life threatening shock.

Many other factors also reduce the risk of death like the bodies own natural resistance the footwear and what route through your body the current takes, on occasions where it may cross your heart or brain then death probability is increased dramatically but youll be supprised how much damage the body can take from a electric shock, all in all your claims of certain death cant be further from the truth according to statistics.

Edit added.... must agree though what ever your doing you shouldn't mess with something you dont fully understand especially when it has the potential to kill!!!!!

 

[alarm man]

The OP ignores the fact that there are plenty of DIYers who are perfectly capable of carrying out some electrical work quite safely..(And I state this with first hand experience of a DIY death)......but the arrogance of some electicians who refuse to accept that anyone but them can change a switch beggars belief.

how do you come to that conclusion,most if not all diyers dont own a meter and most if they do dont know how to read or understand the readings,the first thing any spark or anyone dealing with electrics is prove its dead then lock off and work,most diyers crack on with the basic understanding they think they know what they are doing,which sadly isnt the case..

 

[micknew]

This is the place they turn to for advice and so many forum members fall over themselves to give it.
Sensible members don't when it's obvious they are DIYers..

 

[Engineer54]

There are DIYers out there, that i would say are more knowledgeable, and dare i say it competent than a good many electrical trainee boys. lol!!!

 

[sxsparky]

If you are stupid enough to touch anything connected to power equipment, you will almost certainly die a very painful and unpleasant death

total BS.

I bet there is not one person on this forum who has not got a shock.

Any shock could kill you!!

 

[telectrix]

so could walking in front of a bus.

 

[sxsparky]

so could walking in front of a bus.

but would you walk out in front of a bus??? if so your asking to kill yourself!!

 

[sxsparky]

how do you delete your account on this site as i am sick of idiots arguing and think they are above people!

 

[telectrix]

close the door behind you

 

[trev]

Mate it's banter. If you leave yourself open you're going to get it it's just like being on site

 

[alarm man]

so could walking in front of a bus.

but most people understand the dangers of walking in front of a bus..

 

[needasparks]

I feel the tension, could be pims o'clock ! Who's got the biscuits ?

 

[micknew]

sxsparky I think the last comments were meant half heartedly, chill out man.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

well i know that DNO oppratives arn`t supposed to be classed as DIYers but what i came across today really annoyed...and also disappointed me as well.....on a EICR today and just got in and was inspecting the main earthing and bonding when i noticed that the tails had been "jointed"...about 500mm from the cutout using metal clamps with a bit of insulation tape for "protection"......what the DNO had done is to joint a small length of tails onto old fabric covered cable..like a flat 2 core stuff that then went on from the above mentioned joints to the meter....couldn`t get any pics guys as my phones given up the ghost (have a new iphone coming on friday)....but as i have said...my heart sank when i saw this garbage.......the tails were replaced for new....oh by the way..Ze=0.03....PFC (line-neutral)=8.97kA....just outrageous....!!

 

[Des 56]

What times this bus coming
Scratch that, it seems like a nice evening for a walk