Are building electricians generally stubborn people resistant to change or, to a certain degree, prone to luddism? There has been plenty of opposition towards alternative ways of wiring ceiling lights and strong defence of the ceiling rose junction box with its loop-in wiring over on the other discussion, so how exactly will similar minded electricians fare when dealing with solar panels and smart home technologies?


There was a time, around 1990ish, when many car mechanics were quite stubborn when it came to technology. They were spanner on a nut types who held an intense dislike to anything electronic or digital as it was unfamiliar and over their heads. To use a plug-in fault code reader was anathema to their upbringing and even smacked of being a computer geek.


It's possible that the building electrician community may even split in two - one faction dealing with modern technologies and smart homes, and the other dealing with established and traditional technologies in houses with basic functionality.

Are building electricians generally stubborn people resistant to change or, to a certain degree, prone to luddism? There has been plenty of opposition towards alternative ways of wiring ceiling lights and strong defence of the ceiling rose junction box with its loop-in wiring over on the other discussion, so how exactly will similar minded electricians fare when dealing with solar panels and smart home technologies?


There was a time, around 1990ish, when many car mechanics were quite stubborn when it came to technology. They were spanner on a nut types who held an intense dislike to anything electronic or digital as it was unfamiliar and over their heads. To use a plug-in fault code reader was anathema to their upbringing and even smacked of being a computer geek.


It's possible that the building electrician community may even split in two - one faction dealing with modern technologies and smart homes, and the other dealing with established and traditional technologies in houses with basic functionality.