Very Old Wiring…

[@andysims4906]

Cap and case with single VIR wiring . . In a village near me lots of the houses belonged to the Manor. All the houses on the estate were wired in this stuff and originally all the houses were powered by a generator in the water mill. I believe they were on DC with a lower mains voltage . Or that’s what my boss said .
I rewired a house about 15 years ago and some of it was still in use . I saved a few lengths that were in good condition . Just didn’t have the heart to chuck it out

[@projectartichoke]

I've never seen that stateside, and I'm old. Though, we have plenty of knob and tube here still.

[@wmarshall2102]

I had this in my house under the floor boards and the old electric cable was still in place.

[@keithquestedelectrical9785]

I think it was called cadman casing
Vir singles and loads of brass screws
Came across it a lot when younger

[@johnhatton7137]

As an long retired electrician I saw many examples of this type of installation during my apprenticeship in the 1950s which was known as 'capping and casing', it appears that electricians in those early days needed to be skilled in carpentry as well as electricals, in some of the more difficult places under floors etc, lead pipe was used to bridge gaps.

[@dexster747]

I saw some a couple years back in the North West. Still in use.

[@AndyK.1]

Yeah, there would have been red and black fabric covered singles in there.

[@wilbertvandenberg3158]

I see this kind of old wiring regularly in old houses here in France. It probably dates back to before WWII.

[@chrishorne3185]

I remember seeing this in one of the first rewires I was doing when I was an apprentice back in 1979😮

[@daved4547]

OMG, now I feel old! 😬

[@alanak3210]

It worked though !

[@williammartinculleton5875]

Sure I’ve actually used wooden capping,back when rural electrification came to where I lived in Co. Wexford. Mind you I am 86 😂😂😂

[@retrozmachine1189]

New to me.