Fire hazard.

[sparkdog]

Went to a house today to check the electrics as the customer was worried about possible fire hazards.Found a bit of old 7.029 twin (or 2.5 if you're not old enough)rubber insulated lead sheathed cable wired directly into the henley block,feeding an old cast iron fuse box.The rubber was all crumbling away so one false move and there could have been a mighty flash bang possibly setting the contents of the cupboard alight,which was crammed with junk and old carrier bags.The gas main bonding under the sink was a bit of a red herring also.A nice bit of 10mm but when Ichecked it was just connected to the sink metalwork.Obviously managed to fool the gas men as a new boiler had been fitted.I don't remember finding that sort of thing when I was an apprentice many years ago.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Gasman wont give a ----, not interested, not right but sadly true, he is only bothered about getting his wedge, 'sparkies problem that love' will have been his parting comment.

Cheers..........Howard

 

[Fin170]

I don't remember finding that sort of thing when I was an apprentice many years ago.

Well lead insulated cable has been somewhat obsolete a while so I doubt it's a modern bodge......although there is that ebay...

Much to my disappointment I've not run into any ancient electrical bits in a while