Pictures of old equipment still in use today

[phb]

I've came across and worked on quite a bit of really old equipment
The job that stands out for me is a disused underground station that I was sent to do a condition report on.
Switchgear and distribution boards from circa 1907 still in use, with some obvious additions over the years..

The DBs are all Siemens, the switchgear is various names I've never heard of.... Saunders Wednesbury... Superior...

 

[Silly Sausage]

Could be up to the early 50's

I've worked on them, not installed them!

I thought you designed them?

 

[ETradesmen]

Is this old? :-/

 

[Knobhead]

Pass, my neck won't twist that far.

Whay is/was it suposed to be?

 

[ETradesmen]

Old Crabtree unit... I don't know how old it is.. 20+ maybe?!!

 

[Knobhead]

Early 80's to late 90's.
I have installed them. Bloody rubish from the start.

HydoMag trips. (Not the type but the guts inside).

 

[ETradesmen]

Sounds about right. Are they referred to as 'skeleton boards'.

I've never installed them...

 

[lamb]

Don't know about old, but it's definately council!
Skeleton units usually 1950's onwards

 

[Engineer54]

Don't know about old, but it's definately council!
Skeleton units usually 1950's onwards

Spot on, ...actually first were around 49ish so say 1950. First brought in for the numerous new council housing projects to rehouse those families from the inner cities that were severely bombed during WW11, to outlying areas around those cities.... Literary 100's of thousands were installed in both flats and houses, including my parents old property!! lol!!

All those early properties had the first 13A socket outlets, by Dorman Smith, which had round pins the live pin being the fuse. (a screw in affair) As we know the design didn't last very long, and the modern configuration we all know, soon became the UK standard!! MK, made a direct replacement for those original DS outlets, which were based around round BESA back boxes, ...as were the switches!!


Here endeth my brief nostalgic look back to the past!! lol!!

 

[i=p/u]

plenty places out their using conduit as cpc.. removing old switch gear for roller door this week and yes i said wheres the earth, oops. and forgot to move paint from new isolater, and had to take off and do again. live and learn, equipment looked old too.... and heavy

 

[Stroppy]

It seems some of my hotels 1930's metal ker-chunk switch fuses ARE still in use.

For the hard of hearing, here is ET's pic again:

 

[glasgospark]

who cares ?

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Anybody got pictures of equipment of similar or older age?

I have several of myself!