"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 25/02/15 19:16, ARW wrote:
"Phi" wrote in message
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They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current for
a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size of the
supply cables.


:-)))))))))))))

And I'll raise you a customer that said "why do we not not use 12V
instead of 240V then we could use really thin cables"


They possibly could:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring



As a thread drift - those floorboard in the picture of the link you gave

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._tube_1930.jpg

look very similar to the ones in a house I am working at in Doncaster.

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Adam