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.
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.
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.
I'm surprised to find out it's aussie slang; I always thought it was slang local to South Africa :-/
We also use sparkie for electrician.
ZA and AUS included. USA less so.