Hi, help needed.
We moved into our house about three years ago.
In the conservatory are two blanking plates. These are on the outside wall (see pic).
I’d like to replace the blanking plate that’s nearest the wall (furthest away in the pic) with a double socket.
Behind each blanking plate are TWO twin and earth cables. The cables weren’t in terminal blocks or covered in tape so I assume they’re not live and connected up?!
I’ve wired up a double socket using both the cables and individual cables but it won’t work, so can’t be connected up.
Trouble is, I can’t for the life of me work out where the cable runs to. I’ve unscrewed all the sockets on the side of the house the conservatory is on, and there’s nothing that unconnected. Would I just be looking for an unconnected cable? Everything appears wired correctly.
Where would these cables go to? I assume they must be underground as they aren’t on the outside of the conservatory and the door is the other side.
Any idea what I should be looking out for. The cables obviously come from somewhere that I’m hoping will just need connecting up. There nothing on the consumer unit switched off that would indicate this is the issue.
Thanks in advance.
We moved into our house about three years ago.
In the conservatory are two blanking plates. These are on the outside wall (see pic).
I’d like to replace the blanking plate that’s nearest the wall (furthest away in the pic) with a double socket.
Behind each blanking plate are TWO twin and earth cables. The cables weren’t in terminal blocks or covered in tape so I assume they’re not live and connected up?!
I’ve wired up a double socket using both the cables and individual cables but it won’t work, so can’t be connected up.
Trouble is, I can’t for the life of me work out where the cable runs to. I’ve unscrewed all the sockets on the side of the house the conservatory is on, and there’s nothing that unconnected. Would I just be looking for an unconnected cable? Everything appears wired correctly.
Where would these cables go to? I assume they must be underground as they aren’t on the outside of the conservatory and the door is the other side.
Any idea what I should be looking out for. The cables obviously come from somewhere that I’m hoping will just need connecting up. There nothing on the consumer unit switched off that would indicate this is the issue.
Thanks in advance.