Re:An Effort To Bury A Throwaway Culture One Repair At A Time
by DanBC on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @06:42AM
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...and if your bad repair sets a house on fire you risk the lives of the people who come to rescue you, and the lives of anyone else in the building, etc.
Re:An Effort To Bury A Throwaway Culture One Repair At A Time
by excuse-me on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @11:13AM
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3. you throw out the kettle and buy another made in china one for 5quid.
After the fire you discover that the CE mark on the side doesn't mean it has passed all the european safety checks just that it is "china export"
1. Performing dodgy repair jobs on your own equipment for your own personal use.
2. Performing dodgy repair jobs for unsuspecting people that don't know the difference between a resistor and capacitor and are trusting your skill and judgement.
In instance [1] you're performing your own risk assessment and will bear any consequences. In [2] you're performing a risk assessment that will directly impact upon someone else's safety. Their level of risk acceptance may be far more conservative than your own.