Yet another newbie

[HenryLaw]

Experienced DIYer, rewired two houses (and certified by qualified electrician) way back in the day when you could do that. Electronics I'm comfortable with - plumbing I hate! (Why? Because if you get something wrong with electrics it goes "pop" and you know about it; a plumbing fault surreptitiously leaks when you're not watching ...)

 

[James]

Do not underestimate electrical faults, sometimes they don’t go “pop” sometimes they just lie in wait for the right circumstances to occur and then they kill someone or burn the house down.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[mainline]

Experienced DIYer, rewired two houses (and certified by qualified electrician) way back in the day when you could do that. Electronics I'm comfortable with - plumbing I hate! (Why? Because if you get something wrong with electrics it goes "pop" and you know about it; a plumbing fault surreptitiously leaks when you're not watching ...)

An unvented hot water tank plumbed wrong could cause some serious damage.

 

[HenryLaw]

OK, folks; I was talking tongue in cheek slightly. Yes, poor electrical connections can lie dormant and then heat up under some additional load later; and there are other dangerous things you can do if you don't know the limits of your knowledge.