Ah - the joys of old cable

[ban-all-sheds]

Not old as in old and manky installed stuff, but NOS Delta Crompton from the days when the core insulation was coloured all the way through, not just painted, and the sheath was really flexible and lined with a thin slippery membrane resulting in a cable which bends nice and easily.....

 

[wingcoax]

And a lot easier to strip back too.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Yup.

And made in England.

 

[Click-Sure]

Yep, do come across it on occasion.

Bet the IR went off the scale too. Just like (most) new cable.

 

[jaysean1]

I still have not got used to the new colours, nothing says live and neutral like red and black!!

 

[ebee]

They just don't make it like they used to do!

(There again though, they never did!)

Oh the days of yore.

We were competative, (and we could spell proper)

you worked for what yer got.

If yer fell out of a tree and broke yer leg it was yore own bludy daft fault.

 

[RF Lighting]

Pyrsimian cable is still pretty good.

 

[Stoday]

I liked PILC. The oil made your fingers soft, which the ladies liked.

 

[OwainDIYer]

Anyone remember CMA and Nonazo?

 

[ricicle]

I still have not got used to the new colours, nothing says live and neutral like red and black!!

You'd never wired many plugtops then ?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Bet the IR went off the scale too. Just like (most) new cable.

Over 1.999GΩ at 1000v for the whole 100m reel.