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by Arainach 12 days ago
> We don't install guards to prevent someone from poking into the outlets with a fork.

We absolutely do, and they've been mandatory for a while. https://www.electricallicenserenewal.com/Electrical-Continui...

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Except for schools or where kids are likely to be like hotels it's a nanny state solution that forces unnecessary spending, unnecessary licenses and inspections and, most of all, people being told how to lead their lives.

Unrelated to that specific regulation, the US National Electric Code is made by a non-profit who, until 2016, didn't even make copies of the code freely available. That's crazy to me. What's also crazy is how the 2023 version I checked just now has 918 pages of dense regulations. Am I really supposed to believe all that is necessary?