"Model Train Set" may have caused a fire?

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John Webb

Discussion Starter · Oct 6, 2007 (Edited by Moderator)

I have just come across a report about a garden shed fire in Kent. The Fire Service said that there was "A model train set in the shed and a workshop and we believe the fire started due to an electrical fault." They went on to urge householders to employ qualified electricians to carry out electrical wiring, so I assume the fault was in the mains wiring, not the 'train set' !
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John Webb

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neil_s_wood

· #20 · Oct 7, 2007 (Edited by Moderator)

One thing that doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet is the insurance aspect of faulty wiring. When I set up my garage for my layout I got a professional in so I could get the wiring *(of the garage) certified when I could easily have got my father in law to do it far more cheaply. The reason being that I work in insurance industry reviewing complaints and every day on my desk I see loads of knocked back claims because people didn't go to the trouble of getting a professional to do the job. The reason Warley will be checking layouts is because their insurance may well be conditional upon that. If you do not have a valid certificate for your wiring you may well find any claim for an incident such as this would be rejected due to exclusions for faulty workmanship or the like.