"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

You're not saying there is 100 year old wiring still in use?

No, he IS saying it is in use. Some of it has been replaced, but not
all of it.

I'm amazed. It presumably has some form of rubber insulation which will
have crumbled away years ago.

There's still some remnants of old rubber insulated wire in my house. It's in
quite good condition actually.

I imagine the current PVC stuff must be about 40-50 yrs old.

Graham