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Silly Sausage

• Jan 28, 2013

• #31

Tony said:

Could be up to the early 50's

I've worked on them, not installed them!

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I thought you designed them?

 

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ETradesmen

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• Jan 28, 2013

• #32

Is this old? :-/

 

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Knobhead

• Jan 28, 2013

• #33

Pass, my neck won't twist that far.

Whay is/was it suposed to be?

 

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• Jan 28, 2013

• #34

Old Crabtree unit... I don't know how old it is.. 20+ maybe?!!

 

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Knobhead

• Jan 28, 2013

• #35

Early 80's to late 90's.
I have installed them. Bloody rubish from the start.

HydoMag trips. (Not the type but the guts inside).

 

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• Jan 28, 2013

• #36

Sounds about right. Are they referred to as 'skeleton boards'.

I've never installed them...

 

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lamb

• Jan 28, 2013

• #37

Don't know about old, but it's definately council!
Skeleton units usually 1950's onwards

 

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Engineer54

• Jan 29, 2013

• #38

lamb said:

Don't know about old, but it's definately council!
Skeleton units usually 1950's onwards

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Spot on, ...actually first were around 49ish so say 1950. First brought in for the numerous new council housing projects to rehouse those families from the inner cities that were severely bombed during WW11, to outlying areas around those cities.... Literary 100's of thousands were installed in both flats and houses, including my parents old property!! lol!!

All those early properties had the first 13A socket outlets, by Dorman Smith, which had round pins the live pin being the fuse. (a screw in affair) As we know the design didn't last very long, and the modern configuration we all know, soon became the UK standard!! MK, made a direct replacement for those original DS outlets, which were based around round BESA back boxes, ...as were the switches!!


Here endeth my brief nostalgic look back to the past!! lol!!

 

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• Jan 29, 2013

• #39

plenty places out their using conduit as cpc.. removing old switch gear for roller door this week and yes i said wheres the earth, oops. and forgot to move paint from new isolater, and had to take off and do again. live and learn, equipment looked old too.... and heavy

 

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Stroppy

• Jan 29, 2013

• #40

It seems some of my hotels 1930's metal ker-chunk switch fuses ARE still in use.

For the hard of hearing, here is ET's pic again:

 

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glasgospark

• Jan 29, 2013

• #41

who cares ?

 

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SirKit Breaker

• Jan 29, 2013

• #42

phb said:

Anybody got pictures of equipment of similar or older age?

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I have several of myself!

 

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