Looking cool back in the day, for the older guys

[Pete999]

I don't remember having enough tools to stick anywhere. I think they usually lived in an old plywood case.

 

[sparkdog]

Elliot Lucas pliers and cutters non insulated handles of course, all that pansy VDE stuff hadn't been invented.

 

[Pete999]

Elliot Lucas pliers and cutters non insulated handles of course, all that pansy VDE stuff hadn't been invented.

Plastic insulation on tools hadn't reached down your way then Sparkdog? I recall stripping some 7/.036 and use the outer covering as insulation, back in the day.

 

[sparkdog]

Top marks for initiative.

 

[telectrix]

Back in the day, when electricians were Gods, no grubby overalls; 3 piece suit, gold watch on a chain in waistcoat, other trades did all the dirty work, we came in clean, respected, and obeyed. chippies drilled our holes, plasterers were vermin, . what's the trade come to?

 

[Midwest]

It all went wrong when they started using that itchy stuff in lofts.

 

[telectrix]

was OK when it was logically rolled between the joists, 3" thick. now it's 2ft. thick, deeper than snow on everest. loft tendered unusable, but saving a household a few quid a year on heating seems to override common sense. and where's the training for these insulation monkeys to teach them that they are causing cables to overload, maybe cause a fire, time to get the london fire brigae to insist that all insulation is made of steel, min 3mm thick.

 

[Midwest]

Dunno why we have lofts anyway. Just gets filled with junk, and leaves the danger of 50 gallons of water splashing everywhere.

 

[telectrix]

Dunno why we have lofts anyway. Just gets filled with junk, and leaves the danger of 50 gallons of water splashing everywhere.

saves the expense of fitting a shower then?

 

[Midwest]

saves the expense of fitting a shower then?

Better than one of those electric ones, saves running around to get wet.