Liability on diy products?

Unicorn

Unicorn

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To say i were to wire a load of products up for use with aquariums/ponds. I.E putting it in an enclosure, adding flex wires etc and reselling it.. What would be the liability implementations? More curiosity if anything
 
I imagine you'd be just as liable as any company producing products. As what you're doing is no different than say a monitor with panel from one company, pcb from another and casing produced by another that they sell as their own product.

To reduce liability it would be better to package items together and produce a manual on how to set it up with a disclaimer on the manual.
 
Mynight said:
I imagine you'd be just as liable as any company producing products. As what you're doing is no different than say a monitor with panel from one company, pcb from another and casing produced by yourself.
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This is were i was thinking id be at. Just wanted to know if its worth my time and effort or theres a whole legal world of hurt to be exploited if i set this up as a potential business/side business
 
Sorry see my edit as a way of reducing liability. I would still have a word with someone qualified as IANAL.

You could also reduce your liability by sealing the enclosure so it's only down to your workmanship if someone gets hurt. If they open it although instructed not to then afaik it's not able to come back on you. If you didn't want to go the kit way.
 
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The kit way sounds certainly more workable. Id loose money but i still get everything for this on trade pricing so i still make cash i guess. Ill look up public liability insurance

Edit: Could a kit be a fully built product with the mains plug cut off? haha
 
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