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Sorry, the cables used in the 80s would of course have been metric. But the 14th went metric in 70 or 71.
Do you mean I&S singles? If so, I can't say I recall them being used anything like that late - but my experience is/was, of course, pretty limited.I'm not so sure. I&S cables, both with and without CPC, were commonly used well into the 1980s.
Apart from the lighting wiring I found in an old mill...Nothing was particularly black and white about wiring methods then.
Yes, I've noticed that it is still available, but I can't help but wonder when/why people would use it, rather than brown/blue or brown/brown T+E?The sheathed and insulated single core with bare earth cable (6241Y) is still available to buy, grey sheath and available in harmonised brown or blue insulation. They tend to use it oop north.
Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. Yes, I realise what you are saying (and what you explained before) but was (meant to be!) asking why they adopted that wiring method.Because oop north they liked to wire their lighting in the two plate manner I described in an earlier message. ....
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