Mystery wiring - seen anything like this before?

South Spark · Nov 23, 2016

Hands up, I'm just a domestic spark, but the gym where I train wants to put in a boxing ring and these are in the way. The cable is sheathed and I haven't taken the whole thing to bits but I've never seen anything like these twenty terminations. Apparently the building, which is on a racecourse, used to be the bookies so I'm wondering if this is some sort of communication wiring from the track?

Anyone know what it is? (There's no voltage on any of the terminals atm). Ideally the manager would like to disconnect them.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Mystery wiring - seen anything like this before?

Leesparkykent · Nov 23, 2016

Hi south spark you already have an identical thread started here earlier Seen anything like this? - http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/threads/seen-anything-like-this.117281/

I shall close the old thread as no one replied and keep this one open.This can come confusing for members once the thread/s getting going so just keep that In mind for future threads you start. Cheers

telectrix · Nov 23, 2016

deffo some sort of comms system.just rip it out.

snowhead · Nov 23, 2016

Probably old Telex lines for getting race results in from all over the country.

Race results are done by Satelite links nowadays I believe.

Rip them out but keep the 3 terminal blocks,(not the one on the left) an old Telephony Geek may want them.

westward10 · Nov 23, 2016

Just a guess but the one marked Silver may refer to Silver Ring which is a public enclosure at a racecourse. But as the others say rip ot out, odds on! it is long redundant.

rsgaz · Nov 24, 2016

snowhead said:
keep the 3 terminal blocks,(not the one on the left) an old Telephony Geek may want them

True, they're on eBay now and then.

South spark, look at this lot, very similar designs to yours, but not the exact ones unfortunately...

GPO, PO & BT BLOCK TERMINALS - http://www.britishtelephones.com/bterm.htm#17

Thank goodness for IDC terminations!!