The wiring in our old house in the UK was shocking. You'd take a switch or socket off the wall and find all the wires behind were the same colour. You'd then chase them back to the box only to find all the wires at the box were all a different colour. It was a bloody nightmare but we were quietly impressed at the ingenuity of the original leccy! Mind you the wiring in this house was fairly shite, and not a tag anywhere to be seen.

A mate of mine once worked on a house removing all the old fixings, cables and got a shock of a socket because it was being fed by the house next door .

I guess that's one way of lowering the bills

Right, I've just sorted through the gadget cupboard (since we're moving house next week) and I have six UK multiplug boards with UK plugs on the cable still (4 x 4 way and 2 x 6 way) which I'm gonna chuck in the bin unless someone wants them.

I'm interested. Will cover postage costs obviously. How much?

i know exactly how you feel. I've recently replaced my old 12v downlight fittings for 240v GU10 ones so I can put in cheap LEDs. Of course the usual crowd shouted "you MUST use a licensed electrician!" but I went ahead and did it. I was amazed at how untidy the wiring was that I ripped out and replaced. I'm absolutely convinced that my illegal work is considerably safer than the legal work that was in there before.

Im now wondering what other old electrical stuff I can fix up without paying the $150 per hour for a sparky that's stopped me fixing the house for the last 10 years!

All for free, dunno how much postage will cost. Will find out for you.

Send me a PM.

Altho it's possible to safely pull an Aussie plug out of the socket by it's own cord from 10 foot! ... can't do that with a UK plug can ya! ...

Nope, you can't, and if you have tried, you'll find that as the wires come out the plug they'll short out causing the appliance to meltdown but the fuse in the plug will be fine.

i wish

When you've clambered over or under allsorts to get the plug in, there's nothing like just tugging the thing from a distance to get it out ...

Ok then - how much would you charge to change 6 MR16 downlight fittings to GU10s including call out fee? Ibet $150 isn't far off the mark! (either that or you're way cheaper than any other sparky around here and I need your number for future reference!)

I sent you a PM if you still want them.