Curent electrical regulations

Still with the original fusebox?

Most will have had power sockets installed at a later date. And the CU usually changed at that time. So often just the original lighting circuits.

A totally original untouched 30s installation would be pretty rare.

I see no need to respond in detail as I don't think we disagree fundamentally. I am Scottish and live in Scotland. I nonetheless supported England in the World Cup, as part of the 'family'. My intention was simply to point out that there are four parts of the UK, not to start a demand for Indyref 2. As a landlord myself, I find it quite interesting that there are different ideas as to what is needed.

I would strongly recommend RCBOs if within budget. My electrician was astonished at first but when the cost was less than he had anticipated quite impressed: 'way to go'. It means one fault does not bring down the whole system. It should mean my computer is protected.

When I had a fault it was the washing machine to blame. Since the whole flat tripped out at the start of the spin cycle, it was an easy diagnosis.

It happens that snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com formulated :

Might they be preserved museum homes, because it sounds extremely unlikely that any home would survive with an installation dating from the first installations of electricity?

A 1930's installation might only provide a single 5 or 15 amp socket in the entire home, which would make living in it rather dire and difficult in 2018 for most people.

Dave Plowman (News) laid this down on his screen :

Best to ignore him, he makes things up :oÞ

Roland Perry explained on 13/07/2018 :

I would hope any inspection would be deem it to be in a dangerous condition. There is a big difference between not to current regs and in a dangerous condition.

Dave Plowman (News) has brought this to us :

Electronics are not really the problem, it is mains filtering which is causes RCD trips - but only when there are lots of them, PC's being the worst culprit and TV's. I have an incredible amount of electronics here and never suffered an RCD trip without it being due to some other cause.

Please show us a link to such a thing

NT

Untouched is rare, but there are still many properties with partly 1930s systems still in use. Just removed some 30s stuff a few days ago.

NT

not in the slightest

I see you're not willing to admit to talking rubbish. (Only days ago I posted pics of 1930s electrical gear still in use.)

NT

Do you really have so many trips? Of any sort? Only thing I get here is the occasional MCB trip when a lamp blows.

If your computer is that important, it should be on a dedicated radial circuit. Not plugged into a GP ring.

(at para. 3)

that does not give any reason to believe there are any separate electrical regs for rented housing.

NT

Three kids, five to seven computers running at times, two servers at the moment, two printers, a couple of set-top boxes, X-box, etc. etc. It soons adds up to a lot of leakage through all those filters.

SteveW

Certainly not unusual for 1930's lighting wiring to still be in use. Still provides lighting at all the points needed and people are reluctant to channel the walls, ruining the decoration, in every room of the house to change the switch drops.

Luckily, I was able to sort all that out before I moved in and the whole house needed redecorating anyway.

SteveW

In message , at 13:47:39 on Fri, 13 Jul

Thus your proposition is that "dangerous condition" for a box that's clearly survived 80+ years is disjoint from what regs specify as non-dangerous for new installations?

In message , at 14:05:50 on Fri, 13 Jul

What perhaps was called a "clean circuit". The house I moved into in

My parents 1968 house still has a wooden framed wylex fuse board same as my house had, it's not been rewired in that time, has had the odd spur added, and henley block inserted between meter and fuseboard to feed dad's pottery shed, but no MCBs or RCDs.

I'm sure an inspection would highlight many things that could be improved, but if it hasn't burnt down in 50 years it's hardly dangerous.