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Indeed I did miss the part where I disconnected the trailing end from the socket when I realised what it was! :D Thanks everyone for your help. you've dismissed my confusion and a lot of my worries! Out of interest, would it be possible to remove the trailing end of...

Thanks for the quick responses! It's a flat that has always been residential. The reason I can see the insides is because when the builders were knocking down the kitchen wall they exposed this wire and knocked it out of the consumer unit. The cable had a brass gland on it like you...

Hi all, I've just moved into a new place, quite an old flat that was apparently rewired in the 1970's. I've just found that the cable supplying the majority of the sockets only contains live and neutral wires which are surrounded by some kind of powdery substance and then incased in...