It sounds like the whole of the power distribution system in the US needs to be scrapped and you should use a simple system like ours!
Steve.
I am not sure that would help-the system works fine as long as you make an effort to learn it and do things properly. The problem is people that think "anybody can hook up wires, its simple". It is easy and anybody can-if they take a few minutes to learn.
A customer had an employee (presumably one who "knew" wiring) wire up a simple add-on j-box on an industrial material handler earlier this week. Ten wires, 4 white with a number 2 on them, 2 red with a number 3 on them, a couple red and a black with a 29, and an oddball black with another number. Anyone who has been around industrial controls knows all you had to do was match the numbers-and for sure all the whites would go together. They had me check it before they tried it. Not to be mean, but I could have come as close to right as he did with my eyes closed.
How would remaking the system fix that kind of stuff? I have a great deal of respect for someone who says, "I don't know" and asks someone who knows. I used to try to do everything myself. The older I get, the more inclined I am to defer to someone else in various areas. Laziness-or wisdom?