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"Ben" <ihate@spam.com> wrote in message
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> In New Zealand, they are allowed to do their on wiring.
>

Also for the mains stuff? Do you know what happens if bad installation
practice has been used and the house is sold to a new buyer and the new
buyer is electrocuted? Who winds up with the blame?

Cheers

Klaus

> "Klaus Vestergaard Kragelund" <klauskvik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Klaus Vestergaard Kragelund" <klauskvik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > "Brian Goldsmith" <brian.goldsmith@nospamecho1.com.au> wrote in
message
> > > news:jhGca.1198$L57.10009@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > >
> > > > "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I can get away with it in my own home because it is legal to do
wiring
> > for
> > > > your own residence, but not for other's and certainly not in public
> > > > buildings!
> > > >
> > > > *** Absolutely wrong as far as Australia is concerned.It is illegal
to
> > > carry
> > > > out any electrical wiring that is connected to the mains unless you
> are
> > > > licensed to do so.
> > > >                                        Brian Goldsmith.
> > >
> > > Yes - I cannot imagine it is legal anywhere. What happens when you
sell
> > your
> > > home? Do you ask the buyer to start all over again doing the
> installation?
> > >
> >
> > Perhaps I responded too quickly. It is legal in denmark for example
under
> > special constraints:
> >
> > Special safety transformer is used
> > Output voltage is below 48V peak
> > Cable is approved for the application (because the fire regulation
> directive
> > comes into play when doing LV high current stuff - far greater risk of
> fire
> > hazards)
> > No permanent installation is approved - power for the transformer needs
to
> > come from an normal outlet (allthough this practice is seldomly
withheld)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Klaus
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>