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Glowing Bits! · 18th May 2021, 10:55 pm

We currently have a Nettle cooker switch & socket unit in our kitchen, the cooker switch is for the dishwasher and the socket for the kettle, it was fitted in the early 70's when the extension was built, the only fault it has is an iffy earth, the socket tester keeps showing no earth till I wiggle it around, then it works, it will be binned in the near future as it's on the verge of murdering someone.
Two other sockets are Ashley, they work but plugs have a habit of trying to fall out, these may go back to the 60's but I can't be sure of that, one piece of cabling is defo 60's, it's silver multistrand.
Our house needs rewiring, the fuse box is a 50's Wylex wood backed thing, the HSE would love this place!

18th May 2021, 10:55 pm	#19
Glowing Bits! Octode Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK. Posts: 1,457	Re: Nettle electrical We currently have a Nettle cooker switch & socket unit in our kitchen, the cooker switch is for the dishwasher and the socket for the kettle, it was fitted in the early 70's when the extension was built, the only fault it has is an iffy earth, the socket tester keeps showing no earth till I wiggle it around, then it works, it will be binned in the near future as it's on the verge of murdering someone. Two other sockets are Ashley, they work but plugs have a habit of trying to fall out, these may go back to the 60's but I can't be sure of that, one piece of cabling is defo 60's, it's silver multistrand. Our house needs rewiring, the fuse box is a 50's Wylex wood backed thing, the HSE would love this place! __________________ Rick, the annoying object roaming the forum.