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You haven't explained the foil. This thread needs more twists and turns!
What 'foil'?
This thread is seriously OTT - if anything at all is needed, it's surely just 'a bit of tape', isn't it?
It's to stop the electrons escaping, and starting a fire to keep warm.
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A nick to an electric cable should be taken seriously. People have died, particularly when water comes into contact - as in the two cases below. I'm not suggesting that this could happen in the OP's case, but it's always something to consider. Insulation tape is never the answer, it often comes off after time.
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Electrician fined £1,000 after young mother dies in her home - Cooper Bassett Consulting
A 22–year-old mother died after being electrocuted whilst attempting to deal with her leaking boiler, Wolverhampton Crown Court has heard. Emma Shaw was killed when a “catastrophic” shock passed through her body at her Jefferson Place flat in West Bromwich. The court heard a screw had pierced an...
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Botched wiring killed mother
The daughter of a prominent MP died from a huge electrical shock after builders botched the installation of her fitted kitchen, an inquest heard today.
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The case of Emma Shaw was the result of bad electrical work by a builder, not a simple nick of some insulation.A nick to an electric cable should be taken seriously. People have died, particularly when water comes into contact - as in the two cases below. I'm not suggesting that this could happen in the OP's case, but it's always something to consider. Insulation tape is never the answer, it often comes off after time.
Electrician fined £1,000 after young mother dies in her home - Cooper Bassett Consulting
A 22–year-old mother died after being electrocuted whilst attempting to deal with her leaking boiler, Wolverhampton Crown Court has heard. Emma Shaw was killed when a “catastrophic” shock passed through her body at her Jefferson Place flat in West Bromwich. The court heard a screw had pierced an...cooperbassett.co.uk
Botched wiring killed mother
The daughter of a prominent MP died from a huge electrical shock after builders botched the installation of her fitted kitchen, an inquest heard today.
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They don't, but even if they did this is not a new build.
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Neither of the two is a simple nicked outer sleeve on a cable, the mechanic protection, as is under discussion here, which is more than satisfactorily repairable with a few layer of tape. Those examples given are where a screw has pierced the cable, and made metalwork live. The first case seems to suggest, that an additional fault, not mentioned, was that the boiler seems not to have been earthed. Both were likely preventable deaths, had RCD's or RCBO's been fitted.
That would make at least two of us
That really depends upon the nature and location of the 'nick'.
In the presence of RCD/RCBO protection (probably not present in either of the cases you mention), "water coming into contact" could well be an arguably 'good' think, since it could well cause the protective device to trip before anyone got an electric shock.
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