On 06/07/2019 17:55, wrote:
On Saturday, 6 July 2019 17:03:44 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
Steel braided PVC cables found in an Airey house.
Possibly never intended for domestic use and may have been used in pits
and quarries is one suggestion I have had.

Possible, in a mining area?

Alternatively, no outer sheathing saved plastic (in short supply) and the steel braiding saved copper (in short supply), and steel (in short supply) compared to conduit, and was quicker to install than conduit.

I was here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_Salvin



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Adam