The house I’ve moved into has a paved area in the garden out the back, beside which is this:
I guess there was some kind of pedestal light there originally. The cable can still be switched live from a light switch inside the house, but goes dead if I attempt to straighten the cable into the vertical position.
I want to fix it, but have no knowledge of how these things are, under the ground. To the uneducated eye (mine), it looks like the cable just comes upwards out of the ground, and has had a pile of concrete poured around it… in which case I’m guessing that the copper wire has broken where it enters the ground, and make partial contact when it’s moved around.
Is my only option to smash all the concrete away with a sledge hammer, uncover the cable, make a proper junction below ground with a fresh piece of cable, then pour some more concrete? I’m assuming the cable enters a conduit at some point?
Any advice appreciated
I guess there was some kind of pedestal light there originally. The cable can still be switched live from a light switch inside the house, but goes dead if I attempt to straighten the cable into the vertical position.
I want to fix it, but have no knowledge of how these things are, under the ground. To the uneducated eye (mine), it looks like the cable just comes upwards out of the ground, and has had a pile of concrete poured around it… in which case I’m guessing that the copper wire has broken where it enters the ground, and make partial contact when it’s moved around.
Is my only option to smash all the concrete away with a sledge hammer, uncover the cable, make a proper junction below ground with a fresh piece of cable, then pour some more concrete? I’m assuming the cable enters a conduit at some point?
Any advice appreciated