My house might burn down - I'd better go on the internet

Ceili wrote:

I've wired houses with my uncle and dad since I was little, but I know most of friends have no idea how to change a lighting fixture, and would probably get a nasty jolt just trying.

Are your uncle and dad qualified to wire houses? The reason I ask is because a father of a good friend of mine, and the man himself was also a good friend of mine, DIED in the roof of a house, because someone unqualified, had done something that they shouldn't. I've had 2 friends die. 1 is too many. I've decided to leave the site in question behind, because there are people there, experts in their field, who are instructing people who don't have the qualifications, in how to do electrical work. There are just too many things that can go wrong.

Wilso wrote:

Ceili wrote:

I've wired houses with my uncle and dad since I was little, but I know most of friends have no idea how to change a lighting fixture, and would probably get a nasty jolt just trying.

Are your uncle and dad qualified to wire houses? The reason I ask is because a father of a good friend of mine, and the man himself was also a good friend of mine, DIED in the roof of a house, because someone unqualified, had done something that they shouldn't. I've had 2 friends die. 1 is too many. I've decided to leave the site in question behind, because there are people there, experts in their field, who are instructing people who don't have the qualifications, in how to do electrical work. There are just too many things that can go wrong.

homeowners are qualified to do the electrical work in thier homes all the way to the box. Please do your best to help them do it competently.

Nice. Not. I hope you never need help with anything, cause bad karma's a bitch.

Wilso wrote:

I sincerely hope that one day you are installing an outlet, and you die.

Dude... think about what you're saying. Max isn't the one that harmed your friend.

With that attitude, I can see why.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission indicates that there were 440 total accidental electrocutions in the United States in 1999, 170 related to consumer products. Twenty-nine of those related to household wiring, 29 to small appliances, 22 to large appliances, 15 to power tools, 13 related to ladders, 12 to garden/farm equipment, and 9 to lighting equipment.

But that is only part of the story. According to the latest statistics from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), there is an annual average of 111,400 home fires caused by faulty electrical distribution systems, electrical appliances and equipment, or heating and air conditioning systems, taking an average of 860 lives, injuring 3,785 and causing nearly $1.3 billion in property damage.

Electrocution is now the fifth leading cause of work-related deaths in the United States, with over 50% of the total occurring in the construction industry.

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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission indicates that there were 440 total accidental electrocutions in the United States in 1999, 170 related to consumer products. Twenty-nine of those related to household wiring, 29 to small appliances, 22 to large appliances, 15 to power tools, 13 related to ladders, 12 to garden/farm equipment, and 9 to lighting equipment.

But that is only part of the story. According to the latest statistics from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), there is an annual average of 111,400 home fires caused by faulty electrical distribution systems, electrical appliances and equipment, or heating and air conditioning systems, taking an average of 860 lives, injuring 3,785 and causing nearly $1.3 billion in property damage.

Electrocution is now the fifth leading cause of work-related deaths in the United States, with over 50% of the total occurring in the construction industry.[/[/b[/size]]quote]

Yeah, just stick your head in the sand (or maybe it's normally up your ass), and it will all go away.

Yeah, and virtually all those WORK RELATED deaths are on circuits installed and maintained by good, qualified, union electrical workers. I think Wayne made some solid points. You are being an asshole.