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Posted by Art on August 6, 2005, 12:12 am
If I lived in a 50 year old house I would certainly put them in after
replacing a light fixture at my father's old house. Fortuantely we moved
him to a new place. The old wiring had crumbling insulation.
> Greetings,
>
> A human life is worth a certain number of dollars but it is not always
> the same amount. For instance, I have heard that a car driver's life
> in congested traffic is worth an estimated $750,000. By spending an
> extra $750,000 on our road system to prevent congestion we could save
> one life. We spend significantly more than this on each life we save
> in aviation. We would spend even more to save an astronaut's life. If
> you had money tagged for safety and spent it on say, making the space
> shuttle safer, instead of traffic congestion you would be "killing
> people." That is to say that more people would die in congestion
> because the money was spent on space shuttle safety than if you had
> just shot all the astronauts in the back of the head and built some
> wider roads. You will probably find the same kind of scenario is true
> with ARC fault breakers. The same money would do a lot more "life
> saving good" spent elsewhere. Please consider this in your decision.
>
> Hope this helps,
> William
>
> PS: Maybe you just want to install an ARC fault breaker and if so go
> for it. It certainly won't hurt anything if properly installed and
> they are safer.
>
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