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Singles coming through back box, let’s see why….

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Each downlight cable comes back to this switch, which has been spurred off the ring with no spur, run diagonally across the wall under a couple mm of plaster
 
I just reflexed my uncles sheep shearing contraption. The picture below is the original flex…. PAT afterwards and all good….
but look. Core colours are red, black and green, no yellow stripe.
uninsulated pins on the plug.
And the flex isn’t damaged by something cutting it…. It’s just so old that it’s cracked along the thinnest parts in a spiral following the the cores inside.

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I'm guessing that spiral is due to outer sheath having been wrapped - like you might see on some hydraulic hose. Never knew cables were ever constructed in that way, although it's not altogether surprising.
 
I just reflexed my uncles sheep shearing contraption. The picture below is the original flex…. PAT afterwards and all good….
but look. Core colours are red, black and green, no yellow stripe.
uninsulated pins on the plug.
And the flex isn’t damaged by something cutting it…. It’s just so old that it’s cracked along the thinnest parts in a spiral following the the cores inside.

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obviouslyyou'd run outof a bit of tape and some wet&dry.
 
No…. The flex wasn’t wrapped like suggested… there are some parts intact, and complete without the lines that wrapping would show.

the white string cord inside the flex was used as a strain relief at the motor end.
the flex just passed through a grommit, and two of the strings were tied round a bit of plastic to stop it falling back out.
I replaced it with a stuffing gland.
 

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