Antiques Roadshow!

[Graham Lister]

Don't see many of these nowadays.

 

[m4tty]

What year is that from mate?

I'll upload some I came across last week too if people can give me a rough date I would be grateful

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Is the second one lead sheathed cables from roughly 1920? Found them on the last rewire

 

[professional]

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I needed one of those the other day.

They take the push-in Wago`s but would it be classed as "MF"? ]

 

[Graham Lister]

No idea I'm not Hugh Scully :^O , circa 50s maybe?

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Cables are all rubber.

 

[m4tty]

What dates were these installed from and to please

 

[Paultrim]

Great picky's. I have a few on my computer I have acquired, like a Mercury Arc Rectifier, 250A Isolation Transformer from 1958 and an 11KV switch room under a pier! Approx 3M above the English Channel!

 

[m4tty]

Come across loads of these still round this way. Nice rubber cables too

 

[Zeespark]

40's I think Matty, 260V DP 30A jobbie.

AndyGuinness

 

[M107]

A couple of pics from ages ago

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/old%20before%20replacement/Garyelectrics016.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/old%20before%20replacement/DSC00116.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/old%20before%20replacement/DSC00115.jpg

Also pulled out loads of tin junction boxes on this job along with the still in use lead cable, all the jb's had the same eagle logo on them.

Also had wood trunking with canvas covered singles also still in use for the lighting.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Grahams first piccies i recon are of 1955-8 stuff. Rubber cables, porcelain connectors & bakelite box. Mattys stuff has a 40s Dennis switchfuse but the socket & spur are MK from the 60s. The later MEM stuf is from the early 60's. That gas meter is worryingly close to the meter and switchgear

And..............................Great thread !!!

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Nothing really old on my laptop. These pics taken the end of last year of a flat built in 56

Fusebox

Immersion heater switch

And immersion, duel element with asbestos insulated single core cables

 

[kerching]

A couple of pics from ages agohttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/old%20before%20replacement/Garyelectrics016.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/old%20before%20replacement/DSC00116.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/old%20before%20replacement/DSC00115.jpg

Also pulled out loads of tin junction boxes on this job along with the still in use lead cable, all the jb's had the same eagle logo on them.

Also had wood trunking with canvas covered singles also still in use for the lighting.

First picture..get rid of that Fire Trap in the top right corner of the pic...hard to tell from photo BUT I think it is an old Wylex from around 2010/2011........ :coat

 

[Graham Lister]

Also had wood trunking with canvas covered singles also still in use for the lighting.

Yes the place this JB came out of had singles covered with canvas very neatly clipped under the floor boards, not sure what era that was from. Still nice lot of scrap to weigh in and a bit of a time team feeling of uncovering a bit of history.

 

[kerching]

Also had wood trunking with canvas covered singles also still in use for the lighting.

Back in the day that was called 'casing and capping'

I don't know about your area/location but ooooop ere in t'north this was usually hardwood with some hand made moulding on the capping. This capping was held on with [and I kid you not]......Gimp pins!.......... :coat

 

[Graham Lister]

Gimp pins, may have to google that

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Don't ever google gimp pins.

 

[kerching]

http://www.inest.co.uk/images/L24411.jpg

for those non-believers........... :coat

 

[Sidewinder]

Graham,

I did not find anything except "nails" when I Googled "gimp pins" it may be that your computer has an issue! ; )

 

[ProDave]

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I like the "self harmonising cables"

The reds have turned a nice shade of brown.

Leave it another 50 years, and I'm sure the blacks will have turned to blue as well.

 

[Steve3948]

Well the brown junction boxes, we called them RB4's the modern version name Ashley J701 not much different even today.

 

[Evans Electric]

http://www.inest.co.uk/images/L24411.jpgfor those non-believers........... :coat

I was a non believer ..till I saw the pic. I'll try asking for some tomorrow !!

 

[steptoe]

Deke,

its the ones I left in the black bag, beside the boots, on top of the leather balaclava-y thing you have.