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I figured I'd have to do that; I was hoping that somebody would say "that's not unusual for old houses, and is OK so long as you do...". I didn't particularly want to have to pull up all the floorboards (etc. etc.) to do it all the way back to the CU. Thanks for the advice. David

Exactly - I have 2 "cables". One is a grey sheathed twin core, with phase and neutral in red and black respectively (with no earth). Each of phase and neutral is multistranded. The second "cable" is a separate bare, multistranded, earth run alongside. David

Dear Forum, I'm about to start changing some kitchen wiring (and yes, the BCO has been notified :) ). I noticed that the existing supply to the electric oven comes into the kitchen from the CU as 6mm2 twin with a separate unsheathed earth wire i.e. _not_ T&E :!:. This is then taken into a...