I have no information about the cable type. I wasn't there when the power unit was discovered.
Most unusal thing found in a wall
- Thread starter steve1811uk
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Once went with a Building Inspector to visit a job. On the way we stopped at one of his tasks. Excavating foundations for a starter unit. They had found a cable going under the plot into an empty field heading for ancient cowshed. Nothing else for miles.They had been told it was ex US Army from WWII and was safe. Good old BI told him to contact MANWEB (as it was then) and don't touch it.
Coming back, we met the ambulance. Apparently the foreman had told a worker to cut through it with hacksaw. The chap felt a tingle and refused to cut more. The foreman said !*!!* - look I'll show you it's safe. Taking a neon screwdriver from his pocket, he jammed it into the cable. He was thrown out of the hole (leaving one of his boots behind), was unconscious for a while and was badly burned, but did recover.
Never trust the military to have disconnected anything - especially something that doesn't exist!
Coming back, we met the ambulance. Apparently the foreman had told a worker to cut through it with hacksaw. The chap felt a tingle and refused to cut more. The foreman said !*!!* - look I'll show you it's safe. Taking a neon screwdriver from his pocket, he jammed it into the cable. He was thrown out of the hole (leaving one of his boots behind), was unconscious for a while and was badly burned, but did recover.
Never trust the military to have disconnected anything - especially something that doesn't exist!
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When I was a working as a joiner, many moons ago, myself and my appentice were sent out to a cottage renovation in the north of Scotland.
Our job was to rip out the old and install a new kitchen. During the tear down, there was a large floor to ceiling larder unit that had a 1m base unit coming off it at 90 degrees. In the space behind the base unit we found a corpse, which had obviously been there for many years. It was an elderly man who was in the fetal position.
Obviously we were totally shocked, and immediately called the local cops. The old guy turned out to be the father of the previous family who had owned the property. The only way the cops could identify the body was by a small badge on the lapel of his jacket, which read "Scottish Hide and seek Champion 1972".....
Our job was to rip out the old and install a new kitchen. During the tear down, there was a large floor to ceiling larder unit that had a 1m base unit coming off it at 90 degrees. In the space behind the base unit we found a corpse, which had obviously been there for many years. It was an elderly man who was in the fetal position.
Obviously we were totally shocked, and immediately called the local cops. The old guy turned out to be the father of the previous family who had owned the property. The only way the cops could identify the body was by a small badge on the lapel of his jacket, which read "Scottish Hide and seek Champion 1972".....
A few years back was helping a mate rewire his semi...
It was empty, so we had the supply turned off to rip out everything in the house.
The dining room had a concrete floor and a single socket on the party wall...and whilst dismantling this he received a shock.
On investigation we found that the cable feeding it was run through the wall from a socket in the neighbours house!
It was empty, so we had the supply turned off to rip out everything in the house.
The dining room had a concrete floor and a single socket on the party wall...and whilst dismantling this he received a shock.
On investigation we found that the cable feeding it was run through the wall from a socket in the neighbours house!
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