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DIY | DIY
electrics | Does your house need rewiring?
If your house has black coloured cables
entering the consumer unit or if you have metal conduit running to
the sockets or lights or round pin plugs then your house needs re-wiring
at the earliest opportunity. Advice from a qualified electrician should
be sought at the earliest opportunity.
Modern Cable is normally Either grey or white and is insulated by
a coating of PVC which will last for decades, hopefully much longer
than rubber!
Above you can see That a new meter has been fitted but unfortunately
the meter tails leading to the meter need changing as does the Metal
sealed unit. This is a job for the regional electricity company as
it will need changing with the service cable being live!!!!
Above you can see that the wiring needs urgent attention, this was
found after lifting floorboards to install a shower, the socket is
not earthed and is on a radial circuit which is wired with old rubber
coated 6mm cable. Some idiot has added to it and not even used a junction
box but terminal connectors, this is dangerous and will be rectified
at the earliest opportunity.
Below we have a consumer unit that is totally inadequate to supply
a whole house, you can see that the meter tails have been burnt and
are fusing together. That is because the main switch was only rated
a 50 amps and and the load being consumed was far greater.
This could easily of ended in the house burning down as sparks were
falling from the unit onto the carpet! Wiring that is this unsafe
should be condemned!!!!
Rubber coated wires are very old and could be up to 40 years old!
The problem with rubber is that it perishes with age and deteriorates
with age. Eventually the rubber breaks down completely and the conductors
inside the cable meet and then you have big problems, normally the
fuse will blow, replacement of the fuse is not going to fix this problem
as it will only blow again!
The hardest job is finding exactly where the wire has perished and
caused the fault!, In most cases you can not tell by looking.
Having black rubber cable in your home will not increase the chances
of selling it as many Mortgage providers now insist on a electrical
survey and with a electrician charging a few thousand pounds for a
re-wire the only option is to replace the wiring your self (as long
as you are competent) or Pay someone else to do it!
Courtesy of Ultimatehandyman.co.uk
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