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<blockquote data-quote="Bruspark" data-source="post: 493165" data-attributes="member: 20106"><p>Apart from the damage to the old junctionbox the cables you showed in it are very old and <em><strong>may</strong></em> be the old 2 core rubber insulated type which, if so, are now long past their use-by-date. Any mechanical disturbance to rubber cables can cause the insulation break up/fall off into chunks which is not good. There seemed to be a newer cable in the photo too so perhaps other circuits have added later.. The photo cannot tell us if the old cable is still in use</p><p> </p><p> I think that an electrical inspection report is a must before thinking about anything else ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruspark, post: 493165, member: 20106"] Apart from the damage to the old junctionbox the cables you showed in it are very old and [I][B]may[/B][/I] be the old 2 core rubber insulated type which, if so, are now long past their use-by-date. Any mechanical disturbance to rubber cables can cause the insulation break up/fall off into chunks which is not good. There seemed to be a newer cable in the photo too so perhaps other circuits have added later.. The photo cannot tell us if the old cable is still in use I think that an electrical inspection report is a must before thinking about anything else ... [/QUOTE]
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