Are you thinking of electrics

macafee2 · 1st April 2019, 08:25

cust cable.jpgIf you are thinking of doing any electrical work, this is why you do not run a cable horizontally and bury it in a wall.

Chasing up a wall yesterday in preparation for my daughters house to be rewired we came across this, after it had been cut through.

At least its "summer" and not winter and we don't need the lights.
Found a few other bodges in the wiring

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macafee2 · 1st April 2019, 08:30

i'll try to post a clearer picture but cant at the moment

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planenut · 1st April 2019, 08:36

I had a diagonally place ring main I found behind pine panelling, which had all been nailed together.

mbonwick · 1st April 2019, 21:34

Perfectly allowable to run a cable horizontally to a socket/switch etc...BS 7671 regulation 522.6.202

http://professional-electrician.com/...DEC17-copy.jpg

macafee2 · 2nd April 2019, 08:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbonwick

Perfectly allowable to run a cable horizontally to a socket/switch etc...BS 7671 regulation 522.6.202

http://professional-electrician.com/...DEC17-copy.jpg

Am I wrong or does it say on the page your link goes to, surface mounted?

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macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,931 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	i'll try to post a clearer picture but cant at the moment macafee2

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planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,955 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	I had a diagonally place ring main I found behind pine panelling, which had all been nailed together.

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mbonwick Gets stuck in Connoisseur SE 1.8 Auto Saloon Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Kendal Posts: 633 Thanks: 129 Thanked 176 Times in 147 Posts	Perfectly allowable to run a cable horizontally to a socket/switch etc...BS 7671 regulation 522.6.202 http://professional-electrician.com/...DEC17-copy.jpg