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Drilling through mains cable!

No I am out of trouble everything is working fine and the Mrs has forgiven me and boy have I learnt a lesson!

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N
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I still can't believe that after the initial flash you poked at it with a screwdriver A pal of mine drilled into an incoming main which (unlike yours) was un-fused - he lost huge areas of skin and had a long painful recovery - electricity is a killer ..not only for you as it can kill the person trying to save you,

fatal assumption that anything is 'normal'

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Chris Oates

Chris

Are you suggesting that buried junction boxes and notched loits are routinely checked before fitting new consumer units?

I poked at it twice because in my panic to restore power the first time I did not make a note of which MCB had tripped. I used thick rubber gloves and an insulated elecrticians screw driver. I also knew the RCD would cut in again - not a great idea I admit but I was happy with the precautions.

Regards

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N

Good idea Thanks.

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N

I poked at it twice because in my panic to restore power the first time I did not make a note of which MCB had tripped. I used thick rubber gloves and an insulated elecrticians screw driver. I also knew the RCD would cut in again - not a great idea I admit but I was happy with the precautions.

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N

and then Mr 'no brains' will drill a huge hole and feed all his cables thro it rather than drill some small much safer ones

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Chris Oates

No legislating around stupidity (contrary to apparent beliefs of some Govt departments). Mr No Brains isn't going to be referring to any poncy On-Site Guide or other form of advice anyway...

Reply to
stefek.zaba

no they aren't - nobody would know where to start looking

the Regs are (maybe) a deterrent

all that's (maybe) done is an insulation test which 'might' find a nail close to conductors and a loop test to confirm that circuits reach the consumer unit - a ring final test would be good.

I've seen testers walk around with hugely expensive multifunction testers confirming everything good without ever conducting basic tests like is a ring actually a ring

We were left with a sub circuit wired upside down (live neutral swapped) by a power company !

Don't trust anyone

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Chris Oates

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