Blimey , Italian wiring eh !!

[townfanjon]

Last week myself and Mrs TFJ caught up with our friends who bought an old nact up Italian farmhouse in the foothills of the Italian Alps. The whole house is wired like this , all exposed twin and earth fixed with metal nails / pins. PMSL , if anybody thinks our sparkie pals might want a laugh please post it over to the darkside. ( i ve no idea how to )

 

[ShaunCorbs]

@leesparkykent

 

[ShaunCorbs]

correct me if im wrong but we havent had anything like this ?

 

[leesparkykent]

Thankyou @townfanjon ive posted it on the electricians forum. Old Italian installation methods....

 

[leesparkykent]

correct me if im wrong but we havent had anything like this ?

Not that I can recall Shaun..oldest I've ever seen is something called knob and tube wiring Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Not that I can recall Shaun..oldest I've ever seen is something called knob and tube wiring Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

yea only seen that once lucky it was dead 😀

 

[gmartine]

The same guy who wired that up must've built my Alfasud.

Shaun, you're too young to know what one of those is.

 

[townfanjon]

The same guy who wired that up must've built my Alfasud.

Shaun, you're too young to know what one of those is.

I ve fettled plenty of the heaps in my car days

 

[ShaunCorbs]

The same guy who wired that up must've built my Alfasud.

Shaun, you're too young to know what one of those is.

wheeler dealers 😉

 

[gmartine]

wheeler dealers 😉

Ha ha...yeah I'm a fan too. Saw the first of the new series with the new fella today actually...not quite the same.

 

[zzzjim]

Pins with hats on , wouldn't want to lean any metal furnature / fittings against those .
Has anywone found if Live is wire furthest from securing pin ?
(or the one in middle for protection !)

 

[townfanjon]

Pins with hats on , wouldn't want to lean any metal furnature / fittings against those .
Has anywone found if Live is wire furthest from securing pin ?
(or the one in middle for protection !)

Cracking isnt it , he is concentrating on the rebuild for the moment lol

 

[zzzjim]

Cool , a different pace of life .
( Drove down a - fresh new farm track like their drive , just other day )
( ..being the uk it ended in a mud puddle )

 

[townfanjon]

Cool , a different pace of life .
( Drove down a - fresh new farm track like their drive , just other day )
( ..being the uk it ended in a mud puddle )

The little building at the bottom of the drive is a well , house hasnt been lived in for 15 years , old lass that lived there used to use the well for drinking , cooking , washing etc etc , she lived into her ninetys .

 

[Moffski72]

Ooohhh, Alfasuds! And the little Alfa deltas...green lanes, jumpers for goalposts, suits you sir!
Or is that the vodka talkin...
Getting back to the point, anyone come across lead wiring in their travels?

 

[zzzjim]

Getting back to the point, anyone come across lead wiring in their travels?

I've got lead in my head as a poor conductor , similar to steel .
Good corrosion resistance -
Protective sleeve ?

 

[Stigster]

Ooohhh, Alfasuds! And the little Alfa deltas...green lanes, jumpers for goalposts, suits you sir!
Or is that the vodka talkin...
Getting back to the point, anyone come across lead wiring in their travels?

I've not seen lead if such a thing existed (just checked - it did!) but I have seen a fair bit of ropey old powdery aluminium wire with the insulation flaking off.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Lead outer sheath with alu conductors

 

[marvoni]

@leesparkykent

Didn't realise Leesparkyessex was a Mod on this forum as well 😱
I've made a mental note to behave myself....😛

 

[Pete E]

I have seen stuff just as bad over here...I recall my grans house had lead covered surface wiring that dated back to the 1940's along with single round pin socket in each room.

It was normal to have three or four doublers in some sockets.

In fact I can remember light flexes in some rooms having an extra lamp holder at 90* to the normal one, and this allowed things like irons to be plugged into the lighting circuit!