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Originally Posted by Len
I suppose the trouble these days is that people do attempt Basic DIY such as Electrical wiring, car maintenance, Plumbing, building and construction and I suppose even cooking and I’ve no doubt all of the above, plus others could be potentially life threatening if not done by qualified people. Yet people do insist on doing things them selves.
So what do you do? Do you help if asked or just sit back and watch them set fire to their homes potentially killing everyone inside knowing that if only they had fitted a different fuse for instance, things would have turned out differently.
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People have been doing basic electrical wiring/car maintainence etc for years. In fact I'd venture to say it is less prevalant now than say 20 years ago as in them days people couldn't afford to get the spark/plumber/mechanic out. Nowadays people have more disposible income, are less likely to have learned how to do stuff or in the case of cars you can't do anything as you need computer X to be able to find out whats wrong.
My Dad taught me all sorts of stuff. I was rebuilding car and bike engines when I was 10, I can do basic electrical, plumbing, etc without any problems. I'm happy to have a go at most things as at the end of the day it is down to common sense. I also make sure I know about what I am doing so such as teh correct fuse rating I know that power = volts * amps. hence knowing a light is 500W I can easily work out that it will draw just over 2A.