Some interesting stats I've just read.

[electromonkey]

Part P FAQs

 

[Deleted member 26818]

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADP_2006.pdf

 

[Goody]

12.2 million (yes twelve point two million) people knowingly use faulty plugs or sockets...

No one would openly declare that they use faulty plugs/sockets, would they?

...or the guy who took the survey went into home and genuinely found broken plugs/sockets? This survey is an humbug!

 

[electromonkey]

I can tell that it's going to be a long day lol.

Building Regulations - Part P (England and Wales) - IET Electrical

 

[Deleted member 26818]

All right, I'll give you that one 1st of January 2005 it is.
My copy is obviousl the updated one, not the original.
It does make you wonder though, what Part P has done in tems of improving safety, if the number of deaths are so high.

 

[Specialist]

Maybe Part Pee was a sneaky way of reducing the population:tounge_smile:

 

[electromonkey]

We're in danger of going in to a Part P rant here, which I know we're all fond of!

 

[Specialist]

Nah, never. Us rant about Part Pee, as if we would:lol:

 

[DNS1]

To be honest, something sounds very wrong with those stats to me.

I don't know anyone who's been seriously injured through electricity. I know very few people who even know what an electric shock is like. 350,000 a year? Seriously seems a huge exageration to me.

Likewise, 30% of people knowing what an RCD is... Far more than I'd expect.

1 million people repairing appliances whilst plugged in? How many people actually repair things these days anyway?!

Who did they survey? A random selection of people at an electrical trade convention?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I think electromonkey made it all up, just to start a Part P rant.

 

[DNS1]

If the stats are true, I wonder how many of those people who get killed are trying to steal cables from railways or substations...

 

[electromonkey]

I think electromonkey made it all up, just to start a Part P rant.

Haha. It looks like my game's up!