Just completed a rewire, whilst stripping out took a few pics of what was uncovered.

Pictures on flickr

It is quite possible that when these installations were made there was no such thing as a safe zone.
Maybe even before good practice so-called.

Edited: 24 July 2012 at 04:52 PM by potential

There was never a time where running a cable at 45 degrees across the wall was ever good practice - it was rough then and rough now.

I love the blu tak though - classic

regards

OMS

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I don't disagree.
But good practice and safe zones are not the same thing.
I recall looking over a house being built by a popular building firm in the mid 80s.
There was hardly a single vertical or horizontal run of cable anywhere.

Didn't we have good practice before we had safe zones then

I guess the old saying about regulation being two steps behind the cutting edge of worst practice is reflected in the practices of a popular mid eighties building firm

regards

OMS

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Surely it's not just BlueTac, but the latest fire warning compound from the US (where they know about electrical fires). The theory goes that joints are the weak point in the electrical system and will heat gradually as the joint loosens over time. Rather than wait for the temperature to get high enough to cause problems, the compound at a much lower temperature emits a distinctive oily-chary sort of smell - allowing the householder to locate and repair the problem before it turns into a fire hazard.

(maybe)

- Andy.

Probably green paint from the ceiling or gunge drained into the scruit?.

Regards

local stockists now stock screwits from ideal...

I've found 50-year old Scruit joints in better condition than 50-year old JBs...

Never found one with Blu-Tack though!

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It was definitely blu-tack, not green gunge or paint.

Who does the nails?

Regards

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2...ets/72157630728589256/

huh? that light fitting is fixed with screws not nails!

Are you sure it is blu tack?
I have come across pyrotenax potting compound in a similar situation.

BTW has anyone used pyro twist?
what was it like to install?

Compounds more greeny... the best use for Blue Tax in the electrical world is for removing GU10 lamps... those stupid suction cups are useless... so wot ya do is to make a cone shaped piece of Blue Tax and push it on to the GU10 lamp... comes out a treat.. so it does!!

regards...

Tom

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handyTRADESMAN ... haha

Castle Builders

Why did Nick Clegg cross the road? Because he said he wouldn't!

I can resist anything..... except temptation! ( Karl Gunn ).

Not always.
I have used both grey and a blueish potting compound in the dim and distant past.

I like the idea for GU10 lamps.
Funnily enough I have used potting compound to remove pigmy lamps when fitted in deep-tubed indicator displays in exactly the same way.

Good tip that blue tack.

Thanks for that.

Advice like that makes the cost of subscribing to this forum well worth the annual rate.

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Ebee (M I S P N)

Knotted cables cause Lumpy Lektrik

Pyro twist was only specified for certain applications where there were concerns about EMC noise, the termination was exactly the same as standard MI cable, although sometimes two part resin was specified instead of compound.

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Thanks for that.
It was the actual working with the cable that I was interested in, particularly the finishing off of the spiral cable in the pots.
I would imagine the spirals could pull out the mineral insulation when sheathing up and terminating.

"Who does the nails? "

"huh? that light fitting is fixed with screws not nails!"

That manicurian (sic) admiration was varnished over

Regards

BAD

Glossed over, I would say, BOD -

Regards

OMS

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