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DocBrown napisał(a):Polish regulations didn't allowed using these type of wire, maybe in Lithuania regulations allowed to use them.

So you havent seen "traditional" old soviet instaliation - just wires with one layer PVC insulation on the wall and eveything is OK, just nobody cares about it working for many years For example, lots of such istaliations:

DocBrown napisał(a):It's good, that these wires has thick insulation, you have right, that PCV pipes in this room will be awfull, but they will be much more safer than this installation. So if you don't want PVC pipes, maybe you replace this wire with antigron pipes ? Antigron was used many years ago, so it will be good for this room.

Yes, I know this technology, but ceramic izoliators looks simply wonderfull
Here are some detales of old pipes:)

DocBrown napisał(a):Cloth insulation wires are very, very dangerous, so better didn't use them.

It also has PVC insulation under cloth and standarts let use it in open air

So this cloth insulation is not really an insulation, it is only decoration on these wires.
Antygron is much more safer, than these naked wires with one layer insulation. It looks nice, but imagine what will happen if you accidentally damage insulation on this wire. Do you have residental current breaker (RCD) ? This installation is TT or TN-C ?

Photo with socket and wire mounted to the wall with nails is classic example of provizorka Wire on this photo is probably old YDYt or DYt, or maybe aluminium version (YADYt, or ADYt) These wires are the worst.

Polish instaliation boxes from 20's-30's:

That ceramic switches are wonderfull! It reminds me my young, happy years

You should to create or build a museum of old switches! It will be the biggest one for all over the world

Very nice boxes
I have insides of these boxes, these ceramic rings.

Nice staff.

Some bakelit tumbler type switches from 40's-50's:


The most interesting are these, they look the same, but two of them (bottom) are made in 1939, in Vilnius, Artel "Bakelitas", other two (top) - after WW2 (~1945), so everything is written in russian on them:


The most beautiful is this:

Some of mine favorit switches from 60's. These swiches were produced in Lithuania, in Alytus and there are lots of colors of them:


Some of them are eaven perlamutric:


Most part of my collection:

As I said, they were produced in Lithuania by "Eltega" in Alytus, the symbol of "Eltega" is "ETG":

On the switches also is written "Алитус" (Alytus) in russian:

Also some of theese switches are produced in Estonia, by "Estoplast", you can see, it is written in russian "Эстоплaст Таллин" (Estoplast Tallin):


P.S. I saw in this forum, that somebody of you have such lithuanian switch (viewtopic.php?f=41&t=218&start=50#p12425)
Also it is interesting for me, is there old polish colorful switches?

Not so old, I've an light switch with dimmer, that was produced in the 80's. It had white and orange elements, I've seen also green and blue version of this switch.