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You need to look up fires caused by poorly specified house
distribution systems in the US, before criticising the UK. It is many
times worse than here.

In the US, electrical house fires are mostly a result of incompetent
DIY wiring or failed appliances......or arson.


One of the major reasons is those 'wire nuts' oh so common, and banned
over here many many years ago.

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