Alan,

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:10:47 +0100, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> I think the one that took my fancy was extremely original wiring in an old
> outback west house that had been moved to a museum. The wiring was all
> mounted on ceramic standoff insulators with the power and return about 3
> inches apart on separate standoffs.

In a museum?  About ten years ago I stayed in a little hotel in Macon, in the Burgundy region of France, that
had this setup alive and working!  The light switches were ceramic turn-knobs.  Nice wine, shame about the
electrics...  :-)

Cheers,

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England

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