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Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

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[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. :eek:mg_smile:

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The red blue yellow dot ratchet crimper I have always been told is for stranded wires like flex and auto wire connections only and never to used to solid conductors.

you need to use a special crimp tool with teeth and the correct crimps to joint solid wires
 
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Dustydazzler said:
The red blue yellow dot ratchet crimper I have always been told is for stranded wires like flex and auto wire connections only and never to used to solid conductors.

you need to use a special crimp tool with teeth and the correct crimps to joint solid wires
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Some crimps are suitable for solid conductors, some are not.
 
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littlespark said:
Did you change it to a 13A, or just done away with it?

Rest of the house of a similar vintage?
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Chopped in a few boxes which will be supplied by a new circuit.

I suspect a few parts are still wired in rubber, but most has been replaced.

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NBD you have touched it now you are going to have to price to Re-wire the entire Gaff
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Radial serving that single socket in that single room.

7029 dave said:
Looks like the insulation is fallen off that vir
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Not enough on the floor to cover the neutral, but it was well separated from the line in that old socket..
 
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Its amazong how much of this rubber cable I still come across that is still in service , its fine until you touch it then it just crumbles in your fingers.
 
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Dustydazzler said:
Its amazong how much of this rubber cable I still come across that is still in service , its fine until you touch it then it just crumbles in your fingers.
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Run from the board was fine and perfectly supple and I didn't expect it to be so bad at the socket. I've seen it crumble before, but this stuff was as hard and brittle as plastic where it had fallen apart.
 
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nicebutdim said:
Run from the board was fine and perfectly supple and I didn't expect it to be so bad at the socket. I've seen it crumble before, but this stuff was as hard and brittle as plastic where it had fallen apart.
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In my experience with VIR it aways crumbles at the end where accessories are connected to it, heat does not help, but the material will just degrade naturally over decades of time.
 
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7029 dave said:
In my experience with VIR it aways crumbles at the end where accessories are connected to it, heat does not help, but the material will just degrade naturally over decades of time.
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I am way to young to have installed rubber twin cable , what sort of age are we looking at now. some of this cable must be pushing 80 - 90 years old and still in service in thousands of homes
 
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Dustydazzler said:
I am way to young to have installed rubber twin cable , what sort of age are we looking at now. some of this cable must be pushing 80 - 90 years old and still in service in thousands of homes
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VIR singles were used in domestic homes 1910 to the 1950,s possibly 113 years if still in service
 
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