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Home Improvement Book Recall

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In case you haven’t heard already, there have been nine books recalled because they “contain errors in the technical diagrams and wiring instructions that could lead consumers to incorrectly install or repair electrical wiring.”  Obviously, it’s important that these books contain correct information and should have been recalled before someone killed themselves, but there is something even worse about all of this that I think many people missed.

This might turn into a bit of a rant, so I apologize in advance.

First, let’s dissect why there were nine books that all contained the same incorrect directions.  These books get fact checked by pros (probably electricians in this case) before they go to print, and the assumption must be made that if it was good enough for one book they would reprint it in eight others.  How much other information (right or wrong) is being CTRL+C and CTRL+V from one book to another, and why should we keep buying them if there’s nothing new in them?

Also, this dangerous information was first published in 1999, 11 years before someone caught on!  It must not be a major issue for their not to have been any deaths or house fires in 11 years, but you have to wonder how many houses there are with this faulty wiring scheme in them.  Maybe the one that you just bought?

I think that the solution lies in the internet.  I guess my job might be to make this type of book obsolete with this website (and the thousands of other people doing what I’m doing).  The biggest difference though, is that the internet is not static like a book is.  We get a ton of visitors each day, and on a couple of occasions our posts have been corrected by a reader.  This is a part of why we leave comments open and respond to people when they have a question or concern.  You can’t do that with a book!

The day may come when books are obsolete, but it probably won’t happen any time soon.  In the meantime don’t assume that everything is right, ask questions, and if you don’t get an answer go somewhere else.  Also, don’t be scared to tell me that I’m wrong, I have thick skin!

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