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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 493186" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>This old rubber cable is likely to fail first at a tlight fitting where the heat of the lamp dries out the rubber quicker. What I suspect has happened in your case, is the cable at the lights has failed, and someone has done a bodge repair by replacing just a short bit of cable to each light, but still keeping the bulk of the original old rubber cable in use. And as pointed out there is no earth so I hope you don't have any metal light fittings or light switches.</p><p></p><p>What they should have done was recognised the cable was passed it's end of life and rewired the whole light circuit.</p><p></p><p>One can only wonder what other circuits in the house may still be using the old rubber cable, which is why you need that EICR done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 493186, member: 6969"] This old rubber cable is likely to fail first at a tlight fitting where the heat of the lamp dries out the rubber quicker. What I suspect has happened in your case, is the cable at the lights has failed, and someone has done a bodge repair by replacing just a short bit of cable to each light, but still keeping the bulk of the original old rubber cable in use. And as pointed out there is no earth so I hope you don't have any metal light fittings or light switches. What they should have done was recognised the cable was passed it's end of life and rewired the whole light circuit. One can only wonder what other circuits in the house may still be using the old rubber cable, which is why you need that EICR done. [/QUOTE]
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