HELP - Cut Through Main Cooker Cable

[DIYdonught]

Hi All

Can you please offer advice, please don't laugh too loud at my stupidity!

Just fitted a new kitchen and appliances, approx 10 year old house. Yesterday I was coring a 125mm hole for the ducting from my new extractor hood. I first located a socket cable (old hood power), moved the cable clear then began safely drilling just below ceiling height...........wrong!!

The oven power cable was also coming from above and I cut clean through........some very choice language was used when the kids were out of earshot!! There is obviously now a 125mm section of cable missing.

My question is, can I repair the cable using a juction box (if so what would you recommend) or do I need the full cable replaced (which would be a nightmare).

Many thanks

 

[holmslaw]

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[ban-all-sheds]

I first located a socket cable (old hood power), moved the cable clear then began safely drilling just below ceiling height...........wrong!!

• http://www.voltimum.co.uk/files/gb/attachments/niu/l/attachments/c5-43.pdf
• http://web.archive.org/web/20061110111450/http://www.niceic.org.uk/downloads/concealedcables.pdf
• IEE article
• IEE Article on 17th Edition requirements for concealed cables.

My question is, can I repair the cable using a juction box (if so what would you recommend) or do I need the full cable replaced (which would be a nightmare).

But it's not just a cut cable - there's a section missing, so you'd need 2 JBs, and a length of cable, and the JBs would have to remain accessible for inspection - no plastering over.

You could crimp in a new section, but really by far and away the best solution is the nightmare one, I'm afraid....

 

[holmslaw]

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