26-04-2018, 12:06 PM
(26-04-2018, 08:26 AM)Refugee Wrote: A good modern replacement for those crumbling wires is modern silicon heat proof wire.
Most of us solder the new wire to the end of the old one and pull it through.
This, exactly. A forum member on another forum helpfully sold me some silicone coated copper in period colours. Using the old wire to pull the new one through was a trick I learned years ago from a domestic electrician who was doing some work for us. I should really start a thread about the project....how strict are you guys about going off topic?
