Re: When were ring mains introduced in domestic housing?
The house i live in now was bought by my parents in 1988 when we decided to move to the coast anyhow the electrics all seemed in good condition I decided to find out what was what as there were 7 fuses over 2 ancient wylex fuseboxes turns out its wired with a ring main in the front part of the lounge and hallway a second ring which does the kitchen right side and back end of the lounge and 2 radial circuits for kitchen sockets and more kitchen sockets and dinning room and shed. Upstairs is a ringmain and 2 radial circuits one of which was originally the immersion heater circuit. This to me seems an overly elaborate system for a house I think it was rewired sometime in the early to mid seventies green only earth wires in a lot of the sockets. Wiring is PVC and seems OK
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