"Electrical cables have a life, 15 to 20 years."

[YoungScud]

So everything built 20 years ago or more is in urgent need of rewiring??
Baw locks. IMHO.

Nobody said that, least of all Nick Mead, but thanks for the measured contribution.

 

[Besoeker]

Nobody said that, least of all Nick Mead, but thanks for the measured contribution.

An unequivocal, unqualified statement that "Electrical cables have a life, 15 to 20 years." says that.

 

[Besoeker]

Nobody said that, least of all Nick Mead, but thanks for the measured contribution.

An unequivocal, unqualified statement that "Electrical cables have a life, 15 to 20 years." says that.

 

[sparksburnout]

Well, I'll tell you now, that the cables are the last things that need pulling out of there and chucking on the scrap heap. The shower of sh1te that has been masquerading as a government for the last 50 years and progressively sold off and fooked the country up need recycling, not the cables. Sorry, couldn't resist it.

 

[baldsparkies]

Just before Christmas I returned to a house I had re wired back in 1970 I was just an apprentice at the time.
Daughter of the couple that had lived there all those years asked for it to be re wired once again, the couple had passed away a few years back.
I was 17 on the first re wire, 63 now. Talk about a trip down memory lane.
I remember on completion thinking to myself, I won't be doing the next one.
Unless Dewalt do zimmer frames lol.

 

[YoungScud]

An unequivocal, unqualified statement that "Electrical cables have a life, 15 to 20 years." says that.

"So everything built 20 years ago or more is in urgent need of rewiring??"

Nick Mead did not say that. That is the definition of unequivocal.

 

[Besoeker]

"So everything built 20 years ago or more is in urgent need of rewiring??"

Nick Mead did not say that. That is the definition of unequivocal.

And I didn't claim that he had said exactly that.
But how else would you interpret:

Electrical cables have a life, 15 to 20 years.

 

[YoungScud]

He was speaking in context, that context being that manufacturers place a nominal lifespan on their products. What you read was one sentence.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

He was speaking in context

I think he was speaking out of context. The article was talking about a specific installation, and he gave what is perhaps a worst-case specification that rarely applies to installations of the type being discussed. Had he said: 'Cables can usually be counted on to last 20 years, sometimes they last much longer, but it all depends on their working conditions' the uncertainly would have been explained for the lay reader.

 

[Besoeker]

"So everything built 20 years ago or more is in urgent need of rewiring??"

Nick Mead did not say that. That is the definition of unequivocal.

And I didn't claim that he had said exactly that.
But how else would you interpret:

Electrical cables have a life, 15 to 20 years.