How not to do it...

[xr4x4]

Found these in a old house we are refurbing.


Kitchen cooker point

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• xr4x4
• 7 Feb 2011
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Junction box in the loft, this is the feed to the upstairs lighting curcuit. fed from a junction box under the floor boards downstairs via the black cable at the top.

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The rest of the wiring is as bad, all conected to a 5 year old RCD's mk CU!!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Junction box in the loft, this is the feed to the upstairs lighting curcuit. fed from a junction box under the floor boards downstairs via the black cable at the top.

That black cable looks like VIR.

 

[xr4x4]

Junction box in the loft, this is the feed to the upstairs lighting curcuit. fed from a junction box under the floor boards downstairs via the black cable at the top.

That black cable looks like VIR.

i think it is yes, rubber?

its all over the place, crumbles away in your hand.

im working with the electrician to get the issues resolved.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

i think it is yes, rubber?

Yup - Vulcanised India Rubber.

Seriously past it's Use By date.

its all over the place, crumbles away in your hand.

That's what it does. Don't touch it except to remove it.

im working with the electrician to get the issues resolved.

There will be only one suitable resolution.

The rest of the wiring is as bad, all conected to a 5 year old RCD's mk CU!!

No point asking if there's an EIC for it.

 

[xr4x4]

all the suspect wiring is being replaced.

 

[holmslaw]

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[ricicle]

In the three photos I can see there is absolutely no vir cable.

Should have gone to Specsavers...

 

[1john]

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• 7 Feb 2011
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I found this in my house, which had been wired in lead and rubber in the past, I thought ... liars!

 

[matt1e]

 

[holmslaw]

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[ricicle]

The black cable in the last photo is not VIR, its called TRS.

VIR = ?

TRS = ?

 

[holmslaw]

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[ricicle]

You are correct.