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Just a further thought on doing the 'grunt' work.
I am a sparkie, as a holder of an unrestricted wiring license i am required to submit ALL electrical work that i do for inspection by the electrical authorities. (esp. in Vic.) While i am happy to have the customer dig a trench or run some wiring i am responsible for that work. If that work is not 100% to the letter of the wiring regulations it can be failed and i can be fined tens of thousands of dollars. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. electricians can even get jail terms for blantant disregard of regulations.
While i am happy for someone else to do the grunt work, i check it very carefully. some are not willing to take the risk. Talk to your electrician before you start.

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Originally Posted by NCArcher

Just a further thought on doing the 'grunt' work.
I am a sparkie, as a holder of an unrestricted wiring license i am required to submit ALL electrical work that i do for inspection by the electrical authorities. (esp. in Vic.) While i am happy to have the customer dig a trench or run some wiring i am responsible for that work. If that work is not 100% to the letter of the wiring regulations it can be failed and i can be fined tens of thousands of dollars. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. electricians can even get jail terms for blantant disregard of regulations.
While i am happy for someone else to do the grunt work, i check it very carefully. some are not willing to take the risk. Talk to your electrician before you start.

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Agreed. While i mentioned that we dont mind having someone else do the "grunt" stuff, we generally limit that to running drawwires(not that actual conductor that will be used), digging trenches, putting in timbers for bracing or to fix to etc... Rarely is it anything that relates directly to the electrical part of the work.

It's probably too late now, but I've noticed that nobody has told him to turn the power off at the meter box before he tries anything himself.

From reading his posts he's probably hanging from a ceiling somewhere now, sporting an extreme afro hairdo. :hahaha:

Maybe just a little late! :)