One of the other forum members is stripping out lead twin cable with core tape declaring: British Insulated Callenders Cables Ltd Helsby and Leigh.
Does this live DNO distribution cable trump it?
Quite possibly Andy as BICC was formed on 31 May 1945. There is a nameplate at the mansion house incomer declaring installation by Penny and Porter of IIRC Norfolk dated 1949.
Whilst my stripped out cable comes from the detached (very) stable block, I believe Penny and Porter adopted some of the even earlier cable installation from 1932 evidenced by a newspaper page scrumpled up behind some re-plastering associated with the installation of wall lights (some work habits never change!) and finding a wooden drum left in an attic void with a quality control date stamp of 1932.
From this earlier 1932 install I've salvaged some lead cable that has just CALLENDER LONDON ENGLAND 250 VOLT MONAZO (REGD) which despite being older, actually has tinned earth conductor sandwiched between the rubber cores but only in fortuitous contact with the lead sheath when formed round bends.
Now I'm left with what to do with a lot of lengths of lead cable that had not been clipped but laid in a roof void which would pass as being new as I carefully wound back into coils............ Anyone doing some retro work?!!!!!!
One of the other forum members is stripping out lead twin cable with core tape declaring: British Insulated Callenders Cables Ltd Helsby and Leigh.
Does this live DNO distribution cable trump it?
Quite possibly Andy as BICC was formed on 31 May 1945. There is a nameplate at the mansion house incomer declaring installation by Penny and Porter of IIRC Norfolk dated 1949.
Whilst my stripped out cable comes from the detached (very) stable block, I believe Penny and Porter adopted some of the even earlier cable installation from 1932 evidenced by a newspaper page scrumpled up behind some re-plastering associated with the installation of wall lights (some work habits never change!) and finding a wooden drum left in an attic void with a quality control date stamp of 1932.
From this earlier 1932 install I've salvaged some lead cable that has just CALLENDER LONDON ENGLAND 250 VOLT MONAZO (REGD) which despite being older, actually has tinned earth conductor sandwiched between the rubber cores but only in fortuitous contact with the lead sheath when formed round bends.
Now I'm left with what to do with a lot of lengths of lead cable that had not been clipped but laid in a roof void which would pass as being new as I carefully wound back into coils............ Anyone doing some retro work?!!!!!!
