On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:14:49 -0800, Staffbull wrote:


Staffbull wrote:
My Father's asked me to replace his fusebox for a slit load CU, he
doesn't want to rewire the house which I have suggested as its rubber
cable. I havent looked at the job propery yet but my question is, what
to do if the cables are too short for the new places in the new CU?

I would prefer to at least fit the CU as it will offer more protection
than they have now, which basically is nowt !! If I can I'll pressure
them into a rewire.


Thanks, I'll get him to go for the rewire, it is well overdue, and if
he's bothered about too much mess I'll use conduit on the surface. Each
bedroom only has one socket at the moment anyhoo, so by adding another
per room wont be much bother. If I can get past "why do you need so
many plugs in one room" :-)


A few years ago I bought a flat which had had a Wylex CU installed and as
it turned out the sockets changed to 13A. Behind everything as I later
discovered with the original 1935 rubber/fabric (VIR ?) wiring in conduits.

Obviously I couldn't let such a flat so I had to rewire it pronto.
To speed things up all the power was done in stick on surface
trunking and surface sockets (mostly right over the original
positions). "Contract" quality accessories, basic pendants etc.etc.

Last year I chased everything in, sunk everything flush and used a
consistent volex s/s set of accessories throughout.

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