Post AOSBCGzRMb5EEVgVF2 by stardot@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AOS9LiXu55AkOUBEJc by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-10-11T09:09:51Z
       
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       Today we're having our main fusebox replaced by a modern board with RCBOs.  It took me a while to persuade the old electrician that he'd fit RCBOs in our old house; but hopefully we'll find any gentle leaks.   So, slumming it on laptop power and mobile internet;  but we do have the kitchen power on due to it being on a separate board, so I might migrate down there later for a recharge.
       
 (DIR) Post #AOSBCGzRMb5EEVgVF2 by stardot@fosstodon.org
       2022-10-11T09:30:31Z
       
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       @penguin42 I had the same risk when we upgraded ours, the wiring was 50 years old and there was still severe damp that had only just been repaired, some of the sockets were badly corroded as a result. Still, worked fine for a year or so until we ended up re-wiring the house proper.
       
 (DIR) Post #AOSBmL6VXrKRPwBigy by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-10-11T09:37:04Z
       
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       @stardot The electrician initially refused to fit a board with any leakage detection at all; it's only when he found that would be illegal that I managed to persuade him individual RCBOs were the best thing.  I don't know of any of our wiring that's in a bad way - but there again it's the things we don't know; it's got so many extensions and bits tacked on here and there.  We've found *1* upstairs light that runs off the kitchen extension box 💡
       
 (DIR) Post #AOSFHkosHinu0pbyhU by stardot@fosstodon.org
       2022-10-11T10:16:21Z
       
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       @penguin42 ours was similar, most rooms had 1-2 ring sockets and lots of badly installed spurs. It was all PVC T&E so cables were stiff but acceptable. The problems were things like junctions points that were simply wires twisted together and wrapped in old tape but I'd rather know they were there and fix them. Having proper RCD protection saved me at least once after drilling through oddly routed spur lines, so worth the potential headaches imho.