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From: Gerd Busker )
Subject: Electric installation.. how old???


CU: 6x 5/15/30 Amp wire-yourself fuses, isolator switch on the right.
No
provision for grounding (done outside the CU).

It's all going, but just out of curiosity can anyone offer a guess
how old this stuff is?
I've played with electrics since I was a child and I've never seen
something this old.


Sounds like a standard round pin install. Pics of the accessories
would help date it.

BTW such a system is normally still good for 12v use, so you could if
you want keep the sockets and fuseboard, but supply the fuseboard from
a 12v power supply. Now as well as the new mains system you can also
use the old one to run plug in 12v lights and various small appliances
with 12v connctions on - which a fair come with. At 12v, 15A sockets
will supply upto 180w each, 5A 60w, and 2A 24w each.

Alternatively you can use the old socket wiring to route phone or
intercom services, or even data if it works ok.

Are the lightswitches decorative? If so there are ways to retain them
and make it all safe if you want.

Just options.


NT

In article , N. Thornton wrote:
Sounds like a standard round pin install. Pics of the accessories
would help date it.

BTW such a system is normally still good for 12v use, so you could if
you want keep the sockets and fuseboard, but supply the fuseboard from
snip

Ha, the house as an extension of the car, rather than the other way round

Are the lightswitches decorative? If so there are ways to retain them
and make it all safe if you want.

Actually, it looks like most of the switches and sockets have been replaced
at some point in time. As has part of the kitchen cabling.

It's all going. The fusing configuration is unsafe, the cabling is almost
all gone and the new CU goes up this weekend. Some demolishing is going to
have to happen to the old metal box that the CU sits in to fit the new one.

Interesting dilema: How do you drill holes into concrete behind the CU when
you've no power?

G.

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In message , Gerd Busker
writes
Interesting dilema: How do you drill holes into concrete behind the CU when
you've no power?

Hire a nice big F-O cordless SDS drill - they do hefty 24V jobbies that
I see pro's using a fair bit.
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Chris French, Leeds

In article ,
Gerd Busker wrote:
Interesting dilema: How do you drill holes into concrete behind the CU
when you've no power?

After pulling the main fuses and removing the tails which were to be
replaced anyway, I simply wired a temporary RCD socket direct. So I stole
a few pennies worth of electricity. I would have done this after the
meter, but that had to come off as well.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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Interesting dilema: How do you drill holes into concrete behind the CU
when you've no power?

G.

I borrow my nieces husbands, Bosch 24V SDS drill, he's a plumber. Best
thing she ever did was bring a damm good plumber into the family.

Dave

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