Electric shock
Sir,—D. T. Angus has surely got his wires crossed. This country may be over-legislated, but some laws are actually made to protect the do-it-yourself Kiwi from himself: four years at night school two nights a week, and being paid minimal wages are all part of becoming registered to do wiring work. Does D. T. Angus think registration tickets come in breakfast cereal packets? Electrical inspectors are not infallible, and rely to a certain degree on the person doing the work to be qualified and to know what he is about. Electricity is a force that respects no man; however, electricians respect it through experience and knowledge of the damage and injury it can cause through abuse by unqualified, inexperienced, do-it-yourself, she’ll-be-right, know-it-all Kiwis who will forgo their safety and their family’s safety in order to save a dollar. — Yours, etc., H. W. HARRISON. July 7, 1983. -1
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