Quote Originally Posted by SmartWombat
Rewiring !

Found some old installation left over from the last rewiring in the 1970s.
When British Standards were in two digit numbers.
When they used rubber insulation on the wires, and natural fibre covers, with twisted stiff wire.
I was putting in a new light fixture in the bathroom. The first thing I did wrong was not turn off the electricity. Second thing was probably using an aluminum ladder. There was no current coming through the wires to the fixture, so I got them rewired to the new fixture with no problem.

But then I started rescrewing the fixture back into the ceiling. Almost there only a couple more turns. The last turn managed to go through a main electrical feed line....:aureola:

Things lit up like Christmas, but I was lucky to be using a rubber handled screw driver.

Ronnoco