Cutting a Moulded Plug/Power Cable

[Radam87]

Hi all

Is it possible to cut a moulded plug to be able to extend it or thread it through a hole in the wall? Speaking in regards to a C7/Figure 8 TV power cable I can't fit through a wall hole.

What other options are there if this is not advisable?

Many thanks

 

[EFLImpudence]

You can cut off the moulded plug and then fit another plug.

The moulded plug will be unusable.
Please bend the pins to prevent it being inserted into a socket by children leaving the live wire exposed.

 

[Radam87]

Many thanks. Do you know of any safe video guides on how to do this? any further considerations?

 

[EFLImpudence]

What, how to wire a plug?

 

[jg321]

Many thanks. Do you know of any safe video guides on how to do this? any further considerations?

Courtesy of @flameport

 

[SFK]

Get plug from b&q homebase Wickes etc

Instructions on how to wire a plug:
https://www.rospa.com/home-safety/uk/northern-ireland/electricity/plugs-fuses/wiring-plugs/

As said before, from old molded plug remove fuse and damage pins so it cannot be plugged in.

Sfk

 

[bernardgreen]

Some of these cables use very fine wire. Take care that the screw in the plug's terminal is gripping the wire. Sometimes the wire is small enough to get into the gap between the side the screw and the cavity ( red ) instead of under the tip of the screw ( green ).

 

[ban-all-sheds]

As said before, from old molded plug remove fuse and damage pins so it cannot be plugged in.

Don't bother with the bending of pins, unless what you plan to do is to leave it lying around, accessible to the unsupervised children on the premises, and with the fuse still in it, rather than disposing of it straight away.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

But returning to the original question...

Is it possible to cut a moulded plug to be able to extend it or thread it through a hole in the wall? Speaking in regards to a C7/Figure 8 TV power cable I can't fit through a wall hole.

Running a cable through a wall like that is a really cack thing to do....

 

[bernardgreen]

rather than disposing of it straight away.

It takes a few seconds to bend a pin when the lead is cut before disposing of the plug.

 

[FrodoOne]

But returning to the original question...

Running a cable through a wall like that is a really cack thing to do....

I fully agree.

Why do you want to do this?
It seems likely that you should install/have installed a socket outlet where such a device is required.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It takes a few seconds to bend a pin when the lead is cut before disposing of the plug.

Life is full of irrational actions which take little time.

The issue is not saving time, it is actually bothering to THINK.

 

[JohnW2]

'Unsupervised children' have been known to hunt through rubbish bits/bags for 'interesting finds' ... and not necessarily only children - is noit such behaviour (in adults) one of the theories as to how novichok came to cause its first fatality in the UK?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Your risk assessment appears to be as grounded in reality as are Bernard's re earthing and bonding.

 

[bernardgreen]

Your risk assessment appears to be as grounded in reality as are Bernard's re earthing and bonding.

In the time it took you to type that **** a couple of redundant plugs could have been rendered safe