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[littlespark]

Can someone advise me on the likely age of this wiring with its multiple earth wires, 3 per cable? Or is it my eyesight...

1960's at a guess. They were onto solid core 2.5 by the 70's

 

[pirate]

Lol! Rpa07...the same VIP as I'm mounting the telly for, but well spotted!
She's in Rome for a few days so I'm taking today off, mainly because I don't like to be drilling, raggling and hammering etc on a Sunday as it would annoy the neighbours.

Thanks, littlespark, I'll note that...1960's...so, not as old as I am!
Wearing better, though...

 

[SparkyChick]

Here's a nice reminder of why you should always try and isolate fuses before pulling them

Thankfully I noticed the second red dot was missing and the screw was loose.

Oh... and it's also a timely reminder about why you should keep a few bits of junk you remove from old installations. Replaced this and a 15A carrier serving a 30A circuit with some spares from an old board I'd removed from a customer property

 

[Rpa07]

And charged them handsomely we trust @SparkyChick, hmmm?

Here's a nice reminder of why you should always try and isolate fuses before pulling them

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Thankfully I noticed the second red dot was missing and the screw was loose.

Oh... and it's also a timely reminder about why you should keep a few bits of junk you remove from old installations. Replaced this and a 15A carrier serving a 30A circuit with some spares from an old board I'd removed from a customer property

Very hard to know when to stop collecting for ‘when I need one’ - until then I’ll keep collecting!

 

[dksanders]

And charged them handsomely we trust @SparkyChick, hmmm?

Very hard to know when to stop collecting for ‘when I need one’ - until then I’ll keep collecting!

I use the 4 year rule, if i've not touched/used in in the last 4 years, then I never will and out it goes, usually to a free cycle group or charity.

 

[SparkyChick]

And charged them handsomely we trust @SparkyChick, hmmm?

Very hard to know when to stop collecting for ‘when I need one’ - until then I’ll keep collecting!

It started as a call out for an existing customer because they lost power to the cooker. I think what happened was a bad neutral connection in the cooker switch resulted in surges or something that had slowly cooked the fuse wire causing it to fail. Quick re-termination of that and change the fuse carriers and the job has yielded contact details for another family member with an electrical fault, a request for a quote to replace that old fuse box which carries with it the need to do something about other parts of the installation (like replace an elderly VOELCB) and the possibility of another checking out the British Legion in Newport. All in all quite a productive call out

 

[dksanders]

Attended a rented house today where they'd had half the lights not working for the last few weeks, ever since the new shower had been installed over the bath.......

 

[pirate]

Oops! Nice wall light!
Nice pic, SparkyChic! I love pulling fuses...only thing I can pull these days...

 

[Wilko]

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Attended a rented house today where they'd had half the lights not working for the last few weeks, ever since the new shower had been installed over the bath.......

Metal light fitting just in the right place to grab to steady yourself too .

 

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How not to connect a socket....