Asbestos cables????? Rewire periodic inspection

[Lucien Nunes]

That pic was taken years ago during an overhaul of some lighting equipment including fitting new flexes. We saved the best example of each type of cable for the museum.

Now here's some proper heat-resisting stuff from 1932....

 

[gerry whitwham]

VIR ( vulcanised india rubber) was common up until the 1960's , its simply a rubber insulation with a cotton braid and shouldn't contain any asbestos as far as I know. it would make sense to renew the tails as rubber perishes with age thus the insulation breaks down.

 

[oracle]

My wife's father worked at Turner's Asbestos in Bulawayo Zimbabwe, and driving past the factory you saw clouds of asbestos dust.

He brought home loads of cut off large bore asbestos pipe which was used as flower pots and even roofed my wife's childhood Wendy house with Asbestos cloth.

In the kitchen they had a sheet of asbestos which was used as a working surface and stand for hot pots and pans.

He lived until the age of 73 when he died of a heart attack brought on by a lifetime of heavy smoking and drinking . None of the family ever suffered from asbestosis so what's the fuss about?