NT wrote:
On Jul 29, 11:01 am, "Dave" wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
Dave wrote:

We live in a 3-bed semi-detached dormer (chalet) bungalow that was
built in 1965. The wiring is grey, flat twin & earth and physically
looks to be in good condition, ie, still flexible and not at all
brittle anywhere that I can see.


With age, accessories will wear and need replacement. A 50 year old
socket is likely to have dirty contacts and will have lost spring
tension in them. This can result in local heating and damage when
feeding big loads. Batten holders can get brittle and the contacts
wear etc. So even if a full rewire is not needed, replacement of
accessories at some point will be. Given the age of the install I could
see a good
case for doing that now, and perhaps adding more sockets where you
need them at the same time.

IME with old installs you'll' probably find 2 or 3 accessories that
need replacing, generally the rest are fine. Look for switches that
sit half way, when they should be physically unable to, and any socket
that gets hot under load needs replacing.

I cant see any need for a partial rewire tbh. A new CU would give rcd
protection, which lots of houses dont have, and address the earth
conductor size. But on 6k pa?

He's already got the new CU - just not got all the circuits on it yet IIUC.

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Cheers,

John.

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