removing unwanted cable.

VoucherMan

There's a switch on the wall going down to my cellar. I've no idea what it was for. There's no fuse in it so not been used as long as I've been there.



I'm getting the walls plastered soon & would ideally like to remove the socket. The supply is still live though (on same circuit as the wall sockets). The cable, after passing through the brick goes upwards but I've no idea where to. There's no electrical outlets above so it must change course somewhere. Because of this I see no easy way to isolate & disconnect the cable. I'm guessing that even if I got an electrician out he'd still have to search for it's origin.

My current plan is to try & chisel a hole in the brick then I can just set the socket in the wall with a blanking cover. Maybe next time I have an electrician out get him to fit a wall socket. you can never have too many:p.

So really I'm just asking if there's a simpler (or otherwise better) way to 'dispose' of the cable that I've not thought of?

fluffpot

if you cannot disconnect the live cable coming into the switch then yes your only option is to fit a blank plate to it

Biggles

Put a fuse in, connect a light to it, and see which fuses make the light go on or off.

VoucherMan

Biggles wrote: »

Put a fuse in, connect a light to it, and see which fuses make the light go on or off.

I've got one of those cheap testers - that beep when a current's detected. That's how I've worked out it's on the same circuit as the wall sockets. I don't think I can pin point it further than that.

Looks like it's out with the chisel this weekend & hope the plaster's good enough on the kitchen wall that me hammering doesn't damage it. :eek:

DevCoder

fluffpot wrote: »

if you cannot disconnect the live cable coming into the switch then yes your only option is to fit a blank plate to it

Or if it runs in a safe zone the electrician could crimp, solder or use an approved maintenance free connector (not sure if wago's are approved yet). They could then just bury it.

muckybutt

If it goes up the wall then all you need to do is lift the floor board up above it, find the cable - isolate the supply - cut the cable and put a joint box on the end of the supply.

The fused connection unit can then be completely removed cable and all.

An hours job to do it if that !

VoucherMan

muckybutt wrote: »

If it goes up the wall

This is a bit I'm doubtful of. If it went strait up it would end up on the landing then head off to a socket. I'm not keen to start lifting carpet as I doubt I could get it back down as well. Although definitely something I'll look at when I eventually get around to having new carpets fitted.

Also from current experience here things aren't always done in the most logical way.


The more I think the more inclined to keep it anyway. So long as I can get it reasonably flush to the wall rather than surface mounted it may well be useful sometime.

Biggles

Just replace the switch with a 13 amp socket? You can never have too many sockets!

VoucherMan

VoucherMan wrote: »

Maybe next time I have an electrician out get him to fit a wall socket. you can never have too many:p.

Biggles wrote: »

Just replace the switch with a 13 amp socket? You can never have too many sockets!

I know ..

Biggles

VoucherMan wrote: »

I know ..

Oops, missed that!