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FROM A TRADIE PASTA:
Fun fact:
There is 20,000kms worth of unsafe TPS (Thermal Plastic Sheathed) electrical wiring installed in Australia, that was imported between c.2006 and 2012. I used to get spammed by electrical ombudsman warnings about how if I'd installed something using this wire (serials provided), between certain dates, I could be liable for damages and/or criminal charges where death or injuries were incurred; and that all costs of refitting it were on the installer... lelzies
>TPS should be rated for 20+ years at nominal temps.
>chink wire doesn't last a decade
The kicker is that those who installed this into buildings, can never "remove" it (assuming they're even around any more) -- doing so would require tearing places down; to say nothing of prohibitive cost and imposition (analogy: compensating and de-vaxxing vaxcattle). So, thousands of death traps remain in Oz -- not even factoring in flammable cladding on buildings, or any of the other untold chink materials imported over the years -- that were built from c.2006 (likely most of those flat-roofed, grey / gun metal / charcoal "stack coffin" 'homes', comprised of 90% plaster board) -- all ready to go up like tinderboxes... As I can guarantee you that there is no way that bulk of that 20,000kms worth of cable was removed.
