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see no problem in requring a license of some sort to sell people the electrical gear, provided it is not out of reach to ordinary people.
by CH

The problem with that is that it screws over those of us who do know what we're doing and are smart enough to call a pro when we KNOW it's out of our league.

Yes, there should be people who should be kept away from electric work at all costs, but:

I wouldn't be happy if I had to take a day off from work to go to City Hall to pull a permit and pay a US$10 fee (for example) to change the cracked US$1.50 wall socket or switch in my house. Would you?

Frankly I don't know what the best thing to do is...becasue I'm biased. I have a grasp of the basic concepts and know my limits and restricting the sale of basic wiring devices to licenced people only would screw me over. [Linked Image]