When it comes to electrical installations, a lot of persons become penny pinchers of the worst sort. Although a substandard electrical installation has many hazardous impacts, people choose to buy poor fittings and substandard cables and use tiny wires for areas requiring firm cables.
A traditional electrical installation is made using fittings and materials approved for certification by the relevant authority. This is also referred to as a standard installation. The fittings and materials used in these installations are selected based on international safety, durability, and reliability standards.
Standard electrical installations are safer, more durable, and less likely to lead to electrocutions. They are also less likely to use adulterated materials.
Electrical installations are fixed devices, accessories, wires, accessories, meters and other electrical gadgets conveying, measuring, controlling, and using electricity in a particular place.
Penny Pinchers of the worst sort can have any if not all of the following features;
- Using substandard materials for installations: Some persons use substandard materials due to lack of awareness; a significant many do this to save money (learn more).
- Using the wrong size of wiring cables or other electrical equipment which is a primary cause for electrical disasters in buildings. Non-professionals mostly use improper cable sizes due to the lack of technical know-how or greed to acquire more profit.
- Omitting earthing and lighting arrestors during electrical installations.
- Using non-professionals: Given that there is no strict enforcement on the use of professionals for electrical installations, penny pinchers often opine that professionals are more expensive and see no need for such waste.
The consequences of being a penny pincher when it comes to electrical installations are numerous and not worth it because the effects would result in spending more money than would have been saved, losing one’s infrastructure due to electrical fires and, worst-case scenarios, death.