Neighbour's electric cable in my garden

bris

You could ask for access to her house and find out where the cable goes after it enters the house. It would be very easy to just put the power off at the consumer unit and detatch the cable.

diable

An old pair of well insulated pliers then cut the cable (turn your face away) if it goes "bang" then it was live ;o))))

societys_child

diable wrote: »

An old pair of well insulated pliers then cut the cable (turn your face away) if it goes "bang" then it was live ;o))))

:rotfl:I didn't like to suggest that

chris_m

LandyAndy wrote: »

If it isn't live I would be tempted to simply cut it off at the house end.

One would also need to ensure that it can never become live (eg with a switch that the old lady had forgotten or never knew about) otherwise someone could later unknowingly switch it back on and have a bare live cable up in the loft. No cable should ever be left as a cut-off cable. Remember that case in the news recently where someone had cut a cable off an appliance, still with the plug on, and a kiddie plugged the plug in and was electrocuted?

It really needs to be tracked back to wherever to comes out of the house wiring (junction box or whatever) and be properly disconnected from that point. By far the best and safest solution is to get someone who knows electrics or employ a sparkie.

G_M

simonb73 wrote: »

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The old lady has indicated to me that she would be happy for me to remove the cable as it is no longer in use. .....

The problem is that I will need to deal through her son who I'm not certain will be very helpful.

Do this properly/safely. Ignore all the suggestions about 'giving it a yank', 'testing the shed end' (it might be turned off so that proves nothing), 'cutting it' etc.

Either do this informally via the lady - arrange (and pay for) a sparkie to come and disconnect at a time convenient to her.

Or formally - write to her (and/or her son and/or the freeholder) requesting the cable be removed/made safe.

olias

Oh come on everbody and get a grip!!!!!!!!!!!

Why employ a sparky when you don't even know if its just an extension lead. They would pi55 themselves laughing if they arrived and found they had been called out just to unplug an extension lead!:rotfl:

The OP has indicated that the lady is happy for him to remove the cable. Why therefore does he he not just say, "may I come in and see where it originates from in your flat please, as I need to know whether an electrician is needed or whether I can just unplug it myself". It's not rocket science.

If the cable is white, unshielded and just dangling from their flat to the shed with no support, then it's hardly a proffesional job and so I doubt it is a proper hard wired circuit connected into the consumer unit.

OP, just have a look at where the damn thing is connected!

Olias