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hi there, been looking all over the place for info regarding electrical safety in public places... the reason I require the info is because today, my brother in law suffered burns to his arm after cutting through a cable that was clipped to a wall of a house, the cable came out of the ground and was part of an old street lighting circuit that had supposidly been made redundant 10 yrs previously. (they were painting the house and removing the cables to improve cosmetics), the house owner said he was told by the electricity board that everything on the outside of the house was dead when the job was done.
the cable came out the ground, up the wall 8ft then was cut, then there were 2 further single core cables going up the wall to the facia boards on the roof, then along to a 4x4 j/b with what looked like 2 piro cables cut and left, another 2 cables then went to the neighbours house (terraced block) and did the same. the row of terraces on the other side of the ally way had a similar cable going up the wall then terminating in a 4x4 box with 2 further cables exiting this with insulation tape wrapped round the ends.
the cable that blew had a live and neutral with taped ends, the tape had come off one core and was partially missing off the other.
the electricity board were contacted and they sent a guy out, who was the one who did the original work 10yrs previous (weird!), he threw loads of excuses about how they use £15 a roll tape and its common practice, they'd never tell anyone that it was all dead..... etc etc, then phoned the jointers out who came and dug a hole and boxed the cable at its lowest point.... now to me, surely this should have been the result when the original installation was removed.
I'm a maintenance electrician in a factory and any cables we have with un terminated ends, have all been terminated to earth if the other end is known or left in connectors and boxed in with warning labels attached stating may contain live cables.
ive got some pictures that i'll upload to help show.
thanks in advance
the cable came out the ground, up the wall 8ft then was cut, then there were 2 further single core cables going up the wall to the facia boards on the roof, then along to a 4x4 j/b with what looked like 2 piro cables cut and left, another 2 cables then went to the neighbours house (terraced block) and did the same. the row of terraces on the other side of the ally way had a similar cable going up the wall then terminating in a 4x4 box with 2 further cables exiting this with insulation tape wrapped round the ends.
the cable that blew had a live and neutral with taped ends, the tape had come off one core and was partially missing off the other.
the electricity board were contacted and they sent a guy out, who was the one who did the original work 10yrs previous (weird!), he threw loads of excuses about how they use £15 a roll tape and its common practice, they'd never tell anyone that it was all dead..... etc etc, then phoned the jointers out who came and dug a hole and boxed the cable at its lowest point.... now to me, surely this should have been the result when the original installation was removed.
I'm a maintenance electrician in a factory and any cables we have with un terminated ends, have all been terminated to earth if the other end is known or left in connectors and boxed in with warning labels attached stating may contain live cables.
ive got some pictures that i'll upload to help show.
thanks in advance