moving mains electric cable

Silver-Surfer_2

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Are you sure that's the incoming main and not a supply to a shed etc?

If it is the incoming main then your DNO will have to disconnect and reconnect and this may involve an in-the-street disconnection which will cost more.

However any decent window fitter should be able to cut the old window out and fit a new window round it.

I'm sure they could, but would any professional do such a bodge?

stator

Doesn't look big enough for the main supply cable. Trace the cable and see where it goes

shaun_from_Africa

stator wrote: »

Doesn't look big enough for the main supply cable. Trace the cable and see where it goes

I was thinking the same thing.
It could be an armoured cable going to an external light, garage, shed etc.

konark

Is the bit with the glass in the door or a window? It looks like the wire goes through the door! That is undoubtedly someone's attempt to take an electric supply outside to a shed or floodlight. The electrical wires connecting your meter to the mains will have been properly installed when the house was built and there's no way they could or should have been replaced with that bodgery..

Le_Kirk

I agree with others that it looks like an outgoing cable, have a look in the consumer unit and see if any of the breakers are marked "shed", "outside light" etc. then try turning them off one by one and see what stops working.

teneighty

Looks like the incoming mains cable to me.

Are you sure they have run it through the frame and not notched out the back of the frame to go over the cable? Peel off the sealant to expose the hole in the frame to check.

ic

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

If it is the incoming main then your DNO will have to disconnect and reconnect and this may involve an in-the-street disconnection which will cost more.

No they won't - I had my meter and consumer unit moved as part of a kitchen refit. The DNO guys did it all live. There's a box on the back of my house that branches off to the neighbours in the terrace - and they all remained connected.

dermonte

Never seen anything like it before lol. I would call your supplier first and ask if they could move it as thats dangerous.