On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:22:43 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

Never seen one like that before! Looks fairly ancient as well. That
could well be pre war, and may be quite fragile.

The style of the printed lable has that 20's/30's look about it as well.
When was this house built?

Might be worth asking the supplier if they would come and fit a main
switch fro you.

I'm not overly convinced about the braided conductor between the earth
block and the incoming cable either.

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Cheers
Dave.