Electrician cut off cable

gingerfox

Hi

I recently had my fairly new free-standing cooker replaced by a built in one, plus some other updating of worktops etc.

The electrician has cut off the cable right back flush with the back of the cooker - was a bit awkward when I wanted to sell it. Is there a reason for this? Never heard it before.

Also, I'm waiting for the builder to return to clear up a few snagging issues and want to hold some of the fee back till finished. What is a reasonable amount to withhold?

Thanks

Myser

The only reason you would do that is if you didn't want anyone to use the appliance - perhaps for safety reasons.

Otherwise, if you didn't tell the builder, they probably assumed it was going to be scrapped.

You will need to open up the back panel and replace the flex at the terminals inside. Job for an electrician not a builder.

osdset

Probably added the copper to his growing scrap collection

gingerfox

osdset wrote: »

Probably added the copper to his growing scrap collection

I wondered about that too

jcb208

As said for the copper,they do this when you take stuff to the dump.Tell him you want the lead replaced on the cooker,its not that hard to do

Rockingit

A free-standing cooker wouldn't normally be suitable to be fitted with a 13A plugtop, and would normally come without a cable either so that an electrician can decide on what is the best course of action.

It may well have been done deliberately for safety reasons and has diddly squat to do with scrap value!!

andyhop

VED cable worth £1.10 per Kg at scrappies.... A short piece of cable isn't worth the effort to even cut

Sounds like it was done for safety of even reusing into the new appliance

gingerfox

The new appliance had its own plug. What reasons of safety would a cable be removed?

Myser

If for some reason the person deems that it is a danger to anyone using it in the future. Best to check with the builder why they did it.

lstar337

gingerfox wrote: »

The new appliance had its own plug. What reasons of safety would a cable be removed?

It is to do with plugging in a device with an unknown history.

Did the person throw it out because it spontaneously burst into flames? Who knows!

Almost all devices taken to the dump must have their cords removed. When we had our old fridge collected by indesit who delivered our new fridge, they insisted the cord was removed before they would take it.

It is all about safety, and stopping random people from picking stuff up and plugging it in without thinking. If there is no plug/cord, that wont happen.

In your case, it was just done as part of the service. The electrician obviously didn't know about your plan to sell it on.

Rockingit

gingerfox wrote: »

The new appliance had its own plug. What reasons of safety would a cable be removed?

A 'separate' oven is typically only 2 - 2.5kW which makes it perfectly safe to have a plug-top fitted, we often have to cut them off to fit into a conventional cooker outlet!