Temporarily "capping off" an unused but live cable?

Adam Funk · 2014-06-20T20:07:57+00:00

There's a 2.5 mm^2 spur cable (on a ring) coming up out of the floor of a cupboard, through a brick wall, to a now disused FCU (on the other side of the brick wall). I need to take the FCU off the wall & put a light switch in the same place, re-using the hole for the lighting cable. (I'll use a Wago box in the cupboard to connect the lighting wiring up.) I don't want to dig the floor up to find the other end of the spur cable right now. What are some good ways to terminate the cable safely in the cupboard until I get round to disconnecting it? (That could be weeks or months.) I have a few spare Wago boxes & lever terminals, so I could use those, but a smaller termination would be better, if safe. OTOH, the Wago bits look quite easily re-usable without damage. Thanks, Adam

Jun 20, 2014 20 Replies

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Adam Funk 12 years ago

Was the tenant malicious or was it some kind of weird, stupid mistake?

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