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The findings have led to calls for a higher level of competency within the electrotechnical sector and raised questions about the government’s move to expand the current regulations.

Electrical distribution fires occur within the fixed electrical parts of a home such as wiring and fuse boards. There were 3953 of these in 2021 across the UK, in comparison to the 3000 recorded in 2005 when the government introduced Part P of the Building Regulations in England and Wales.

Electrical distribution fires in UK dwellings

Electrical distribution fires have increased over the last thirty years

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The regulations state that anyone carrying out electrical installation work in a home must make sure that the work is designed and installed to protect people from fire and electric...

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  • The siren calls for yet more stringent controls over who can conduct electrical works will only result in yet another increase in the costly parasitic bureaucratic burden upon the shoulders of existing hard working electricians at the coal face who are already facing increased costs in other areas such as fuel and insurance.

    The article doesn't take into account the fact that several million more people from third world countries have entered the UK who are used to third world wiring standards and will continue their ways until they suffer demise from such practices. By proposing the introduction of yet more controls is only treating the symptoms rather than the cause. Rather akin to placing a bucket under a leaking pipe rather than repairing the pipe itself.The recent introduction of the compulsory fitting of AFDDs are yet another symptom of this.

    Be careful what you wish for - there are plenty of us out there who try to keep your world up and running on a day to day basis, yet there seems to be a predilection from officialdom to regulate us out of existence, or at least make our services unaffordable to those who need them most.

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  • The siren calls for yet more stringent controls over who can conduct electrical works will only result in yet another increase in the costly parasitic bureaucratic burden upon the shoulders of existing hard working electricians at the coal face who are already facing increased costs in other areas such as fuel and insurance.

    The article doesn't take into account the fact that several million more people from third world countries have entered the UK who are used to third world wiring standards and will continue their ways until they suffer demise from such practices. By proposing the introduction of yet more controls is only treating the symptoms rather than the cause. Rather akin to placing a bucket under a leaking pipe rather than repairing the pipe itself.The recent introduction of the compulsory fitting of AFDDs are yet another symptom of this.

    Be careful what you wish for - there are plenty of us out there who try to keep your world up and running on a day to day basis, yet there seems to be a predilection from officialdom to regulate us out of existence, or at least make our services unaffordable to those who need them most.

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