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Electrical issues everywhere

I have come across some really low quality wires in use in some places, and after just a few years the rubber has stiffened and is now giving problems. First instance was with the ceiling fans. See the house wiring is of good quality, sufficient gauge. But the installers used a very cheap quality wiring that became hard and cracked. A couple of fans out of the 4 I have in this house stopped working. When I looked at the wiring, I found out that these low quality patches have become rock hard and useless. I had just about enough good quality wiring to replace these patches in the 2 ceiling fans. I wanted to do the rest also, but did not have enough wire. I got some good quality wire of 5 mtr to be exact, but then did not have time and it just went on the side. I'm waiting on the low quality wiring to go hard and go bad. Lets see. The next instance was with some accessory wiring in my scooter. It's 5 years old, and I found out that the headlight and indicator wires are gone rock