Was due to visit my sister in Zummerset over the weekend, she phoned me last Monday asking if I would change a few switches for her. These were for her stables and the ordinary domestic white plastic ones were breaking an she was concerned as they are on the outside, albeit under ahelter, they might get wet.

I duly replaced them with IP rated ones, then she asked if I could have a look at a light that 'only works when I whack it'.

I climbed up to the rafters and found this, needles to say I have made everything safe and offered to rewire next year.
The cables were fastened using the old metal saddle clips we used in the '60's.

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I have not seen wiring like that for about 30 years

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It's like what came out of my house......wonder if that wiring matched my "consumer unit" - wasn't even a fuse board as such....

I think there is still a lot of that stuff out there. A friend asked me to take a look at his wall lights that were playing up - his dad had been there before me. Thanks dad - loved the bluetac that you used to wedge / insulate the wires from the metal bracket! Needless to say that it needed replacing but was refused on the grounds that there were six wall brackets and "they looked in character with the house". I don't suppose he's going to kill himself from the lighting circuit - but you just can't help some people. Some retro style house burning might get him to change his mind.

Can't beat burning torches on the wall to add effect....



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That old pendant and wiring is identical to the type my old Gran used plug her clothes iron into when I was a kid. My Grandad used to say, ''be careful on that chair Alice'', as she climbed to gain access to the pendant to remove the bulb and connect the iron. He obviously thought that falling from the chair was the greatest hazard she faced

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My Gran used the black one on her stove and used to spit on it to get the temperature right, she could tell how hot it was by the noise and speed it bounced off.

We never had electrickery 'till I were 15.

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