Hi there,
Does anyone have any thoughts of what might have occured in this situation.
I have a power outlet in my bathroom cupboard which mysteriously stopped working around the time we merged two seperate flats in our property together into one. It's tough to know what specifically might have led to this happening but we've been ok to concede that this supply is now redundant.
Im currently doing some work in this bathroom cupboard and keen to get this supply either up and running again or safely capped off somehow. We tested the wires in the power outlet and sure enough they seemed to be dead. We tied the live and neutral together, thinking this would be an idea to ensure the fuse board would trip should the power come back to this wire.
Anyway, yesterday I decided I would cut the wire close to where it enters the floor, so I could wire it into a blank outlet box and label it as being redundant. Weird thing is when I cut the wire, the lights went as the fuse switch to our whole first floor tripped. I cant figure out how a wire which has not worked for 2 years and when tested shows no sign of life but when cut has tripped the fuse board. Any thoughts?
Does anyone have any thoughts of what might have occured in this situation.
I have a power outlet in my bathroom cupboard which mysteriously stopped working around the time we merged two seperate flats in our property together into one. It's tough to know what specifically might have led to this happening but we've been ok to concede that this supply is now redundant.
Im currently doing some work in this bathroom cupboard and keen to get this supply either up and running again or safely capped off somehow. We tested the wires in the power outlet and sure enough they seemed to be dead. We tied the live and neutral together, thinking this would be an idea to ensure the fuse board would trip should the power come back to this wire.
Anyway, yesterday I decided I would cut the wire close to where it enters the floor, so I could wire it into a blank outlet box and label it as being redundant. Weird thing is when I cut the wire, the lights went as the fuse switch to our whole first floor tripped. I cant figure out how a wire which has not worked for 2 years and when tested shows no sign of life but when cut has tripped the fuse board. Any thoughts?