In article ,
Jim Michaels wrote:
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.


If it was in conduit, why not pull out old wire and pull in new?

It's not as easy as it sounds. And you're then restricted to existing
positions for sockets and switches, etc, which are never where you want
them.

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