old style wireable CU

[Badged01]

Where the B-jesus do you live with kids stabbing SWA. Why aren't they glue sniffing and setting fire to buildings?!

They've done the sniffing, fires and robbing ..... now they're onto the cables!

 

[Flanders]

As mention earlier the installation will probably be OK until you start taking it apart to have a look, I can see it now just taking a socket off to have a look and the rubber falling off leaving bare copper cable!!! then the option will be to turn off the supply to make it safe

 

[7029 dave]

As mention earlier the installation will probably be OK until you start taking it apart to have a look, I can see it now just taking a socket off to have a look and the rubber falling off leaving bare copper cable!!! then the option will be to turn off the supply to make it safe

Or sleeve it, only joking it's normally the lighting circuits with these old cables that take a hammering.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

As mention earlier the installation will probably be OK until you start taking it apart to have a look, I can see it now just taking a socket off to have a look and the rubber falling off leaving bare copper cable!!! then the option will be to turn off the supply to make it safe

oh would it now?

i think not....

see as it would have been as a result of your investigations that the insulation `fell apart`...then you would have a duty of care to make a repair....even if only temporary....

as you also have a duty of care to leave the occupants with adequate power for lighting and outlets....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I have seen the stuff fall apart in your hands.

so have i...

but i have come across more of it that after a little prepping at the terminations and a bit of tlc can have another few years squeezed out of it....

i have however come across it where its like charcoal twigs in your hand....

 

[Silly Sausage]

Is/was there something in GN3 about limiting inspections due to the fact you could make things worse than they were?

 

[7029 dave]

Glen I know, its awful stuff must be my great big mitts lol, ripped loads out in the 80's, on council rewires.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Only ever came across the stuff once on a EICR first test I did was IR all <1M. What dates were lead cables anyone? Never come across the stuff in service?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Is/was there something in GN3 about limiting inspections due to the fact you could make things worse than they were?

theres something in 621.3 GN3 archy...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Only ever came across the stuff once on a EICR first test I did was IR all <1M. What dates were lead cables anyone? Never come across the stuff in service?

30s to 50s..i would suggest....


the lead forms the fault path....