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Had to pop one of the double sockets out in the breakfast room over the weekend.
As I pulled it out one of the wires into it seamed very loose so I removed the socket completly to investigate.
One of the two cables into the metal back box just pulled out, about 1metre of cable, with some remains of insulation tape on the end.
So I cut a small hole in the dry lined wall to investigate.
Turns out that the electrician who wired the house when it was bult had a ten gallon hat & a horse.
The offending cable had the insulation stripped from about 2" of the live, neg & earth, the wires were then twisted together, wrapped in isullation tape, then taped to the cable to "secure".
Whilst it was PITA to sort out, I'm glad I found it.
As I pulled it out one of the wires into it seamed very loose so I removed the socket completly to investigate.
One of the two cables into the metal back box just pulled out, about 1metre of cable, with some remains of insulation tape on the end.
So I cut a small hole in the dry lined wall to investigate.
Turns out that the electrician who wired the house when it was bult had a ten gallon hat & a horse.
The offending cable had the insulation stripped from about 2" of the live, neg & earth, the wires were then twisted together, wrapped in isullation tape, then taped to the cable to "secure".
Whilst it was PITA to sort out, I'm glad I found it.