Can’t beat VIR !!!!!

[Skys]

Massive stately home. Amazing property. Not so much fun rewiring after eicr.

 

[MDJ]

On the contrary I find a lot of Hessian covered VIR singles wired in it over this way. In public buildings it seems rife in the neglected BMS circuits.

Interestingly our on site substation had a transformer re-oil a few weeks ago and the DNO actually allowed me to stick my head in. You can see the bakelite battenholder was fed in singles from an old Crown fusebox. The single socket for engineers was even a 5a socket. The DNO guy had a 5a - 13 adapter and was charging his Makita.

Had a little chat with him and he said barely any subs have their local power upgraded - certainly in the smaller ones. So I imagine there'll be plenty there for years to come.

amazing, just goes to show how well things were made years ago compaired to today.

 

[GBDamo]

in that case I am amazed you found some, I started rewiring VIR circuits in the early 80s, found a few in the 90s, haven't seen any since, pretty amazing you have found some in the 20,20s, rip it out and start again, this must be a very rare things these days, I thought it had all been replaced 20 years ago at the very least.

Find it in use regularly, mostly it's being ripped out as part of a refit/refurb but it's definitely still out there. It does then to be odd bits rather than a full installation.

My experience has found that in lofts, and where exposed to heat cycling, it becomes brittle as in the OP but, if it's been left dark and cool it can still be remarkably flexible