Disconnecting Cooker, Making Power Supply Cable Safe

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When I moved into a new house a couple months back the previous owner left an old manky cooker in the kitchen.

The reason I left it in place was due to the power supply which comes from a cooker switch on the adjacent wall to the back of the cooker which is routed behind a bunch of pvc cladding and all sorts. I wanted to make sure this was safe in the meantime while I organise the new kitchen layout and sort out a new cooker / hob & oven but I don't want to remove any of that cladding at the minute.

I purchased one of those MK round junction boxes during a B&Q run thinking it would be an easy enough job to disconnect the cooker and wire it into this in the meantime... unfortunately the box wasn't man enough for the job, the terminals were too small to accept the wires from the cooker cable.

Was this the correct idea but wrong product?

If so, could someone point us to a junction box that would be suitable.

If not, what would be the best way to make the cable safe.
 
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albaPhenom said:
Was this the correct idea
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If there is an accessible cooker outlet I would disconnect there, but otherwise yeah you need to put something on the end of the cable

but wrong product?
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Yeah, the MK round junction boxes have seperate terminals which only accept relatively small wires.

If so, could someone point us to a junction box that would be suitable.
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You could possiblly get away with another brand of 32A round junction box that has oldschool terminals, but it would still be rather a hack.

If you want something that will work without hackery I would suggest https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AAJB60.html

Another option would be to fit a backbox and a cooker outlet plate.
 
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It doesn’t matter. That plastic tape isn’t really “insulating” and after a period of time it comes unstuck.
 
From an electrical perspective most plastics are very good insulators.

The trouble is there is no way for an inspector to tell the difference between a good taping up job done with high quality materials suitable for the purpose* and with good techniques and a bodge job done by someone with inappropriate materials no conception of correct techniques. So it's easier to just say no to taping than to enforce good taping practices.

* 3M make multiple different types of electrical tape some of which they say are suitable for insulation and some of which they say are only suitable for identification, yet when I look at the 3M tape on say screwfix I see no info on exactly which 3M tape it is.
 
You could, but then (assuming the wire is not in conduit and can't be pulled out) what do you do with it? leaving the wires bare ended in the box doesn't seem like a great idea, for sockets sticking a wago or terminal block on the end seems to be common practice but that doesn't seem so practical for larger wires. You could cut it off, but you would only want to do that if you never plan to use the cable again.
 
OP said he only wanted to 'make it safe in the meantime'.

In the switch put L&N into the earth connector if they will reach (or, if not, into one connector block - or two if too big); leave earth connected .
 
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