Mel
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To date the worse wiring I have seen has in all cases been done by someone who was meant to be qualified.
I've ripped out and replaced quite a bit of dodgy wiring in this house including some uninsulated, unenclosed terminal blocks hooking up a ring main that would have shorted together if someone tugged the cable, these I know were installed by a qualified electrician.
I've got a modern RCD consumer unit fitted in my house, so the risk of electrocution is negligable - I installed it myself (however it was inspected by an electrician from the electric board when he hooked it up to the meter for me)
As I understand it your not even supposed to touch low voltage (SELV) stuff unless it has pre-fitted easy fit connectors so you don't need a screwdriver.
If you ask me it is safer for an reasonably competent person to fit an extra socket than to have extension cables running around the floor plugged into multiway adaptors. Given the cost of employing an electrican that sort of thing is going to become increasingly common.























