Cable has been cut

Newly_retired

I think it is an outside cable to the water meter, cut inadvertently. Can anyone tell me if I should contact the water board, or an electrician?

Section62

Newly_retired said:

I think it is an outside cable to the water meter, cut inadvertently. Can anyone tell me if I should contact the water board, or an electrician?

External water meters generally don't have cables... can you post a picture?

Meanwhile, (carefully) make sure nobody can touch the cut ends.

macman

You'd know if it was an electricity cable...there is no power supply to a water meter.
Have you tested your landline since? More likely to be that.

Newly_retired

Thanks for replies.
Definitely not the landline. 

I think it is a connection to the water meter which is under the sink. It goes into a cable which goes round to the front of the house to a little round box. I presume this is must be to do with reading the meter, though I thought that happened remotely actually.
i will post a picture in the morning. 

Bendy_House

How deep is it, were you informed it was there, and did it have a warning tape over it?

Robin9

Newly_retired said:

Thanks for replies.
Definitely not the landline. 

I think it is a connection to the water meter which is under the sink. It goes into a cable which goes round to the front of the house to a little round box. I presume this is must be to do with reading the meter, though I thought that happened remotely actually.
i will post a picture in the morning. 

Sounds like my parents set up -  meter under sink, cabled to a sensor  on the outside wall so that meter reader can read on a hand held when walking down the footpath.

If so property of the water board - ring them, not electrician

Section62

Newly_retired said:

Thanks for replies.
Definitely not the landline. 

I think it is a connection to the water meter which is under the sink. It goes into a cable which goes round to the front of the house to a little round box. I presume this is must be to do with reading the meter, though I thought that happened remotely actually.
i will post a picture in the morning. 

If the water meter is internal (not external) then the cable could be part of an aerial-type arrangement (remote transponder) to allow the meter to be read remotely - where it is may be too far from the street for their hand-held devices to work properly otherwise.

If the cable is definitely connected to the water meter (and isn't a green and yellow 'earth' cable) then you need to get in touch with the water company for advice.

Newly_retired

Thanks, Robin9 and Section62.  Obviously great minds think alike.

Eldi_Dos

If you are sure it is from water meter easy to repair.
Get some tube heatshrink and insulated crimps, put some foil round cable where heatshrink will end to protect cable from heat source used to shrink down.
There may be charge if company comes out to replace

Newly_retired

Thanks I will look into this.