Cleaned out the loft

[Andrew]

Cough, Splutter

But I tidied up my cable stash and found a new 25 metre reel of 2.5mm SWA marked J A C, Unit 38 Middlemore Road, Smethwick.

Google doesn't seem to come up with anything and at that address is now Schneider Electrical.

I can't even remember buying it, so must be at least 25 years ago.

Also found a 26 metre coil of 7-core foil-shielded signal cable with another stranded steel wire outside the foil. This I do remember buying at GWM Radio in Worthing and they have been gone for over 20 years.

It has a label showing <-antenna CDU-> and marked 19360-99 Rev "0". Seems a shame to discard it.

[newshound]

Red and black, the *proper* colours :-)

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

If the ends were sealed and it has not gone brittle with age then its probably ok for use. Brian

[Theo]

Worth a small fortune* on ebay.

• Fortune may not be visible to the naked eye.

Theo

[newshound]

25 years is nothing for PVC at ambient temperature. And why would sealing matter? The working cables in the loft are not.

[Andrew]

As is the rest of cable stash in the loft :-). 3 @ 10 metre coils of 10mm T&E marked down to 50p in Wickes, plus a 100metre reel of 1mm T&E and 50meters of 2.5 T&E.

I went round all the Wickes and B&Q's within a 50 mile radius of where I live in January 2005 and picked up loads of old-colour cable bargains.

[Andrew]

It's still inside its shrink-wrapped packaging.