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Here we have a mixture of power, telephone, and alarm wiring installed by the "minimal fixings" method:



This is the other side of the partition. The wire draped across from the fan actually goes to a PIR sensor for the alarm, which is just hanging on the far side of the fan. More loose cables to switches and the fluoro light can be seen in the background:



And this is the power source and controller for the fan in the last picture. Yes, that's "T&E" (Romex-like) from the plug to the switch:



More hanging cables, this time running into a small area at the rear of the store which has been partitioned off to form an office. Just about visible are more loose cables dropping down to the right of the black ring binders which go to a receptacle behind the cash register:



Here's where one of the above cables goes within the office, to feed the only functioning receptacle within the area. I think the saw is a nice touch! Oh, and notice the ingenious lighting arrangement too!



At this point I should explain that this was originally three separate units, so there are three electrical services, one of which is pictured above. The second is completely disconnected, with meters removed and just the service head remaining (now boxed in and inaccessible).

The third is at the rear of the store in the office area, and at first glance it appears that the 1.0mm cable draped into the office is taking power from this service out to some other part of the store:



However, this rear service is not being used, and apparently an "electrician" ran this cable through when the units were knocked into one to bring power to the rear area from the service at the front. So the cable you see here tapped into the load side of left-hand fuseway is actually now the supply for the rear lights:





[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 11-05-2006).]