Dave Plowman (News) wrote in message
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In article ,
Charlie Edmondson wrote:
I'm amazed. It presumably has some form of rubber insulation which
will
have crumbled away years ago.
More likely cloth, not rubber...
If like UK wiring of that age, rubberised cloth. Which crumbles away. Uk
wiring was often lead sheathed and inside the sheath the insulation can be
perfect. But the ends exposed to air etc not.
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The lead was the earthing conductor and at most points, of a tight bend, the
lead would fail a few years after the bending at installation.
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