Have A Stab...

[securespark]

...at when PVC cables entered the regs.

Just having a read through my collection of books and I was surprised.

 

[pete01]

1962, pure guess

 

[ericmark]

The two options seem to be 1955 or 1966, 13th or 14th editions, by 1966 it was being used, so I will guess 1955?

 

[bernardgreen]

In 1943 PVC was used on field telephone cables in the war

 

[ericmark]

In 1943 PVC was used on field telephone cables in the war

He did not ask when invented, but when it went into the regs. Hence, guessing which edition.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

1955

1963, a mixture of pvc, VIR, and Pyro, paper armoured, and PVC armoured was in general use.

 

[bernardgreen]

He did not ask when invented,

correction noted

 

[pete01]

So what's the answer then

 

[securespark]

First entered the regs towards the end of the 12th Edition in 1954.

 

[ebee]

So, PVC is less modern than me then? Vintage 1955 I am. LOL

 

[SUNRAY]

So, PVC is less modern than me then? Vintage 1955 I am. LOL

Meeeee tooooo

 

[JohnW2]

So, PVC is less modern than me then? Vintage 1955 I am. LOL

But a little more modern than me

 

[ericmark]

Yep, I was out by one year, and it is a bit more modern than me.

 

[securespark]

Weirdly, when I did my first apprentice work, I was working to the regs that was released the year I was born. To be precise, I was just under 2 months old!

Not when I did my apprentice work! When the regs came out!

 

[sparkwright]

PVC twin cable available though before 1954? I believe it was available in 1952 and 1953.