Yes, that's obviously a factor.Maybe because they fester away under floorboards and, when they fail, it's the fire brigade that gets called out?
Shower isolators have a powerful spring loaded action - I can see how the vibrations from that might work a screw loose over time, if it wasn't tight enough at the start.The odd thing is that one does quite often hear about problems having arisen because of 'loose connections' at sockets and switches (particularly shower isolators) etc., but not that I can recall in relation to JBs.
Did you mean 'otherwise unknown cause'?the fire brigade seem to have a habit of describing any fire of otherwise known cause as "electrical"
Flammable John, not inflammable!unless, I suppose, the JB were buried in highly inflammable material
I did. Apologies. Now corrected.Did you mean 'otherwise unknown cause'?
Hmmmm. Even if 'they' (and our language) may be trying to make me so, I'm not American - and "inflammable" was certainly what I was taught in an English school!Flammable John, not inflammable!
AFAIK the term "inflammable" is more common in the USA.I'm not American
It's certainly potentially confusing/misleading. However, I am all but certain that, at least in terms of 'everyday English', "inflammable" was the word almost invariably used for at least the first 2 or 3 decades of my life (and "flammable" sounded 'wrong', and was generally thought to be 'American').The OED states: "The words inflammable and flammable both mean 'easily set on fire'. .... However in technical writing, the word used is "flammable", to reduce translation errors that might otherwise result from the more common usage of the in- prefix.
EFLI's (American) dictionary seems to think otherwise.AFAIK the term "inflammable" is more common in the USA.
I've often had to correct American committee members for using 'inflammable'.EFLI's (American) dictionary seems to think otherwise.
In an IEC committee I damn well can!Well, you cannot "correct" them, as such.
To inflame tensions?Why?
The IEC (like CENELEC, BSI, etc) has preferred terms to facilitate reduce ambiguity. "Flammable" is their preferred term for things that can be ignited.Why?
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