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Isn't there a distinction between the house wiring and the solar/battery stuff? P.S. I've never heard of sparky being used as slang for an electrician, sounds
by fouc 2y ago
Isn't there a distinction between the house wiring and the solar/battery stuff?
P.S. I've never heard of sparky being used as slang for an electrician, sounds very aussie.
- selcuka 2y ago> P.S. I've never heard of sparky being used as slang for an electrician, sounds very aussie. When I moved into a new house in Australia I asked the real estate agent if I could extend the fence, and he said I'd need a cheapie to do that. I said ok but scratched my head as to why it needs to be cheap, only to find out later what he actually said was chippy, slang for a carpenter.
- old_hat 2y agoYeah, it's all fun and games until you're at Macca's and someone says, "Oi, can you pass me a chippy?" and they get real confused when you go find a carpenter.
- fennecbutt 2y agoMaccas is nz, maccies is Aus
- selcuka 2y agoIt's definitely Maccas in AU. Maccies must be a UK thing.
- marcus_holmes 2y agoChippies are also known as "wood butchers" apparently. Amused me ;)
- Scoundreller 2y agoNext you’ll need a roofie
- unwind 2y agoWhy, though? Is there some kind of requirement that only fully trained carpenters can build fences?
- roygbiv2 2y agoJust about everything in Australia needs a license to do. Even down to network cabling.
- gambiting 2y agoThe rule is - if it's going inside the wall, only a licenced electrician can do it. Yes it also extends to things like speaker or HDMI cables. It's mad.
- qubitcoder 2y agoMad, indeed. It's hard to imagine those rules are followed, especially for speaker wires and HDMI cables.
- whatevaa 2y agoHDMI cables? Sounds like protectionism. Invent rules to make yourself more work.
- LorenPechtel 2y agoAren't there power delivery versions of HDMI? I can understand requiring a license for any power wires behind walls. I could also see the possibility that it's just an old law that doesn't consider data-only cables which don't have the safety issues that wires carrying power do.
- gambiting 2y agoIt's definitely an old law that never took data cables into account, but the current interpretation is that any cable that carries electrical current has to be installed and certified by an electrician.
- throwaway81523 2y agoSparky=electrician is common in the US too. I had previously thought of it as meaning a radio operator e.g. on a ship.
- soci 2y agoin Spain we call them “chispas”, which literally means sparks. An electrician is someone who knows the home electrical wiring stuff, while a chispas is someone who is skilled in repairing home appliances.
- happymellon 2y agoWe use sparky in the UK for an electrician too.
- lelanthran 2y ago> P.S. I've never heard of sparky being used as slang for an electrician, sounds very aussie. I'm surprised to find out it's aussie slang; I always thought it was slang local to South Africa :-/
- Lio 2y agoWe say the chippie in the UK too. We also use sparkie for electrician.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoIt's local to UK and more recent British colonies ZA and AUS included. USA less so.
- mrexroad 2y agoIn the US, sparky is common slang electrician among the trades, but far loss-so for end customers who are looking to hire one.