G'day Trumpy, That seems to be a common criticism over here as well, A lot of electricians say that the new wiring rules as3000, are to wishy washy! The standards committee went down that track to make the standard less prescriptive, and to allow contractors/electricians to use new materials and methods which are not outlined in the standards. The second theory I have heard and it may just be a conspiracy theory, is that being less prescriptive they have distanced themselves from being sued if something goes wrong for someone following the standard to the letter of the law. I assumed that the AS/NZS 3000:2000 was Identical in the two countries other than a few places where the rule specifically says that it applies to either Aus or NZ, I will try and email a page or two, so you can check, I would be interested to know.
Regards Gray
[This message has been edited by Dapo (edited 05-12-2003).]
