Interesting. As I said, I've never seen, or previously heard of, the problem arising in stranded imperial cables.
Kind Regards, John
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Kind Regards, John
It was to keep it from dripping while I went to get a JB. I came across it while I had the floor up for another reason. I put the floor down to prevent anyone falling down the hole while I was gone.
Lucky I had it handy, really.
Have most definitely seen green slime in imperial stranded PVC PVC cables.
It was so bad it was seeping through the sockets and down the walls into the carpet.
I estimated it to be late 1960s.
This was on a development of bungalows, but only the ones with severe green slime were re-wired.
Back to the op's original question, the wiring is original, from when the house was built in the 1960s.
It shouldn't need replacing per se - yet if it's been mucked about with by a DIYer it may need looking over.
If you ever have any major reburbishments done it would be sensible to get the place re-wired.
But your wiring shouldn't be in a desperate need of rewiring if it's not rubber/VIR, which can crumble away.
If your house is a little older than you think, it may pay to check there's no rubber cable anywhere.
Also, there's a possibility your lighting circuit (or the light switches) may not have earth wires present.
If this is the case, it may be an idea to replace the wiring.
It was so bad it was seeping through the sockets and down the walls into the carpet.
I estimated it to be late 1960s.
This was on a development of bungalows, but only the ones with severe green slime were re-wired.
Back to the op's original question, the wiring is original, from when the house was built in the 1960s.
It shouldn't need replacing per se - yet if it's been mucked about with by a DIYer it may need looking over.
If you ever have any major reburbishments done it would be sensible to get the place re-wired.
But your wiring shouldn't be in a desperate need of rewiring if it's not rubber/VIR, which can crumble away.
If your house is a little older than you think, it may pay to check there's no rubber cable anywhere.
Also, there's a possibility your lighting circuit (or the light switches) may not have earth wires present.
If this is the case, it may be an idea to replace the wiring.
How odd there must be miles and miles of imperial cable in Devon with green goo, I've come across loads of it in the past year. Strangely I've never seen green goo on a metric cable!
Blimey - I don't think I'd have bothered to cut slots in the sides of (and thus ruin) a container like that, or tape the lid down, for such a short-term use. Even if I had to go and buy a JB.
I get umpteen such containers from the takeaway nearly every week
They are very much 'disposable' ( keep and use as many as I can, but there is a limit!)Kind REgards, John
Hmm.
- Have you done any tests to see what oven temperature they will withstand? I always like to give my takeaways a bit of a temperature boost, and I miss the old aluminium dishes.
- The lid looks an awful lot like he used a "proper" storage container, not a disposable takeaway one..
Yes.
Maybe my position is skewed by the current lack of a working oven apart from our combination (which is full sized), so microwave ≡ no hot box, which is pigging useless for things like onion bhajis, breads...
Maybe my position is skewed by the current lack of a working oven apart from our combination (which is full sized), so microwave ≡ no hot box, which is pigging useless for things like onion bhajis, breads...
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The reality is that it does not last forever and degrades with use. This wiring is 50 years old or more and therefore should not be considered to be at the pinnacle of its career.
Well, for a start, cable is generally considered to have a serviceable life of 30-40 years. (Perhaps much less if you ask the manufacturers.)
The reality is that it does not last forever and degrades with use. This wiring is 50 years old or more and therefore should not be considered to be at the pinnacle of its career.
By whom, and why?
That's essentially a repeat of BAS's question, not an answer to it. What characteristics or features do you believe will have degraded? Conductivity, IR and apparent flexibility certainty seem to be maintained for very long periods.
Kind Regards, John
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We have 1970s PVC and the main issues are it's much stiffer than the new stuff, the colours are wrong, and it's hard to strip in places, the insulation stocks to the conductors. Apart from that seems like it's fine!
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