What is this wire?
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EddieM
it's an essential part of the national grid. 
(how is anyone supposed to know)!
(how is anyone supposed to know)!
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EddieM
well all I can tell you is that it almost certainly shouldn't be there. But what it is I have no idea about that.
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We had something like that a long time ago. It was bare copper, I think there were two strands wound together and, it came from the old (1950) telephone junction box to somewhere outside. I always presumed that it was an earth.
Looks like a crack.
Andy
Andy
It might be a (hopefully) redundant Earth wire.
On some houses the earthing for the electric was not included in the cabling but run as a separate , often bare, wire.
Mostly these earthing wires were retro fitted when 2 pin sockets were replaced by three pin sockets when the hazards of un-earthed metal electrical appliances became known.
On some houses the earthing for the electric was not included in the cabling but run as a separate , often bare, wire.
Mostly these earthing wires were retro fitted when 2 pin sockets were replaced by three pin sockets when the hazards of un-earthed metal electrical appliances became known.
+ 1 for that.
Likewise, our 30's house even had the old copper rods in the ground as part of the installation.
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