Harold:
Yes I have, and can remember watching my dad nicknamed "Jimmy Edison" make splices, and when he was finished he soldered and taped the splice using rubber and fricton tape.
I too have worked in old buildings, and once when removing a fixture, found very brittle splices (that was because the cable had wartime low grade rubber wire RH?) sized at 14 awg, and it cracked to small pieces!
[This message has been edited by Joe Tedesco (edited 04-28-2002).]
