Anyone Know How Old This Is..?

Brian246 · May 6, 2021

I was doing some work for small international student school today and in there plant room I came across the board attached, just wondering how old it was if anyone knew?
It’s still running some lighting and a boiler which we are currently running new feeds for to decommission this board. The whole installation is protected by an upstream RCCB and everything coming out of there is either in galv conduit or pyro so other than the dodgy ratings of the fuse wires and the later additions it’s all in pretty good condition!

rapparee · May 6, 2021

Early 70s at a guess

westward10 · May 6, 2021

1950s. Is there a manufacture date stamp on the label inside the door.

littlespark · May 6, 2021

I know someone that would give his right arm for all that....

50’s through the 60’s

Brian246 · May 6, 2021

westward10 said:
1950s. Is there a manufacture date stamp on the label inside the door.

I’ll have a look tomorrow when I’m back there, all the writing is pretty faded but I’ll check, thanks!

Brian246 · May 6, 2021

littlespark said:
I know someone that would give his right arm for all that....

50’s through the 60’s

Things used to be a work of art! Cant beat a bit of tidy galv and pyro

it’ll be going spare once the projects done if you’re interested?

MJPD29 · May 6, 2021

Late 50s I'd say. Wonder has boiler been spelt wrong that entire time

Brian246 · May 6, 2021

Matthewd29 said:
Late 50s I'd say. Wonder has boiler been spelt wrong that entire time

Didn’t even notice that you know! Someone definitely spent a long time on that install, I’d like to think they’d have noticed that.

littlespark · May 6, 2021

Not me mate, our resident museum curator @Lucien Nunes takes a lot of old stuff.

watch out for asbestos if taking out

James · May 6, 2021

littlespark said:
Not me mate, our resident museum curator @Lucien Nunes takes a lot of old stuff.

watch out for asbestos if taking out

It almost certainly contains asbestos, when you pull the fuses, it may be visible.
it was used as an arc shield.

Brian246 · May 6, 2021

James said:
It almost certainly contains asbestos, when you pull the fuses, it may be visible.
it was used as an arc shield.

Maybe I’ll just isolate the remove the sub main, cut everything else out and leave the boards alone

DefyG · May 6, 2021

Brian246 said:
all in pretty good condition!

Bar the fuse carrier 4th from right. Take care pulling that one out, cracked in 2 by look of it!

ipf · May 6, 2021

It could be right through the 50's or 60's.....going off the fuse carriers.
Industrially, we were installing rewireable in the seventies but by the80's most had changed to cartridge.

lozarus · May 6, 2021

I'm desperately after one of those rocker switches with the jewel light in it if that ends up going spare. Beer tokens available.

ipf · May 6, 2021

lozarus said:
I'm desperately after one of those rocker switches with the jewel light in it if that ends up going spare. Beer tokens available.

I know what you mean, I've just had a close up, it's a cracker.
I still can't understand why, even back then, someone couldn't use the full thread of a conduit end with a coupling, though.?.....reckon they were short with the conduit measurement. Poor!

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