BAN has not been in the slight offensive to Dave, apart from trying to tell him he is out of his depth. ... BAN has done his utmost to get you to do the job properly. None of his posts have been offensive (unless I have missed one and in 15 pages tghat is possible).
Good to see you - it's many Mondays since you were last around! ... I agree with the above, on all counts, but would add that BAS has not been alone. With just one significant exception, everyone who has participated in this thread has attempted to underline the fact that Dave is totally out of his depth and needs to get an electrician to do the work - even though it's pretty apparent that he is not going to take that advice. I also agree that, in this thread, BAS has not been offensive.
Part P was introduced to stop this type of work and I would say it is irresponsible to advise Dave as to how to
As above, I think that virtually all of us agree with that. As I said, there is really only one contributor to the thread who has (repeatedly) offered answers to any of Dave's incessant questions about 'how to do it'.
FWIW Given this thread is going nowhere and the level of personal attacks is completely beyond the pail, I would question why mods haven't deleted posts and locked this thread.
It is certainly going nowhere, and can go nowhere, so I suppose that, in itself, would be a fairly good reason to lock the thread. However, as you've partially said yourself, throughout the vast majority of the thread neither BAS nor anyone else has been in any way offensive. AFAICS, there is really only one, recent, post which, even though what it contains could be said to be very well-intentioned advice, one could describe as 'a personal attack which goes completely beyond the pail' - and that single post could be deleted if that were felt appropriate. There are certainly plenty of threads far more deserving than this one of being pruned or locked because of offensive comments and personal attacks.
It is perhaps rather unusual for you and I to almost totally agree about something but I think that, on this occasions, we probably do!
Kind Regards, John