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ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 2041 points –
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I'd be careful giving broad advice like this.

In my country (Australia) it's illegal to run cabling yourself unless you're a registered cabler.

I'm sorry you live in authoritariansville.

Even for an Ethernet cable? Surely not.

I seem to remember that yes, it was even for low voltage data cabling.

Not that I would imagine anyone's enforcing it strongly

I think the enforcement would come with insurance when your house burns down, they can point at "unlicensed" cables

Would they be able to prove it wasn’t installed by a licensed contractor? Ok, if you have it installed legally then you’ll likely have an invoice/receipt, but if you lose it that doesn’t mean the cable is illegal. So if you did it yourself, how would they know it’s not just a case of a missing invoice?

I'm not saying it would go anywhere, but with how scummy insurance companies are they might try it. Still, it's a bullshit law