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Tim Watts wrote:
Oldest wiring I personally have seen still in place was in a hotels
basement where a short length of single bare wires laid in a wooden conduit
comprising two grooves moulded in it and a wooden lid placed on top.

GH


That does ring a bell - I think I saw that in one of my dad's old books
on engineering. I wasn't going to count that as the cables were
effectively enclosed.


I've seen singles in a wood conduit - two grooves with a lid - in a house
in Tooting. Not in use - just left under floorboards after a re-wire. But
IIRC the singles were insulated.

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