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<blockquote data-quote="Helge A. Bentsen" data-source="post: 73198" data-attributes="member: 263"><p>Re: Another flying issue</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Try telling that to your insurance company when you have an accident.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wish this was true. Sadly it isn't.</p><p>There are a lot of dangerous stuff going on all the time because a lot of people don't know how to do it "right". I'll admit that I've done it myself several times because I didn't know any better at that time. There are companies out there who don't inspect and rate their equipment because "we'd never had any accidents, so why should we bother to spend all those $$$ each year on paperwork". Price points are a major issue, and lowering your overhead costs by doing shortcuts is tempting for a lot of people.</p><p></p><p>If it's not rated, it shouldn't be used. </p><p>If it's rated and certified, it should be inspected by a competent person every time before it's used.</p><p></p><p>However, there are a strange exception to this. If you suspend something as a part of a permanent installation, and there are no moving parts, like a speaker suspended from a structural part of a building, technically you could do this without rated hardware. I have no idea why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helge A. Bentsen, post: 73198, member: 263"] Re: Another flying issue Try telling that to your insurance company when you have an accident. I wish this was true. Sadly it isn't. There are a lot of dangerous stuff going on all the time because a lot of people don't know how to do it "right". I'll admit that I've done it myself several times because I didn't know any better at that time. There are companies out there who don't inspect and rate their equipment because "we'd never had any accidents, so why should we bother to spend all those $$$ each year on paperwork". Price points are a major issue, and lowering your overhead costs by doing shortcuts is tempting for a lot of people. If it's not rated, it shouldn't be used. If it's rated and certified, it should be inspected by a competent person every time before it's used. However, there are a strange exception to this. If you suspend something as a part of a permanent installation, and there are no moving parts, like a speaker suspended from a structural part of a building, technically you could do this without rated hardware. I have no idea why. [/QUOTE]
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