I am currently removing kitchen cabinets, flooring, tiles etcetera and revealing the electric arrangement as I go. I now realise that I will need an electrician just to 'tidy' it up as the arrangement behind the cabinets was far below par with wires not actually in the walls. I have today removed the old cooker hood which was wired using a fused spur to a double electric socket switch. I had intended just to remove the extra wiring in the socket but on inspection I decided not to interfere with it and put it on the electricians list. However I still had a live cable going up to the hood position. So I have cut this back to where it comes out the wall. See pic. How should I tidy it up to keep it safe until the electrician can come? I am of course aware that it is in the kitchen so I am thinking of steam. It is behind the new cooker 'still wrapped till electrician arrives' so no one could easily touch the wiring. The double socket is in use... small fridge only. The cable has the old colours black, red and unwrapped copper earth. I have cut the wires off at different heights so they can't easily touch each other.
How should I protect the wiring
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If they are still live it is imperative that you safely terminate them in a proper connection block or junction box as soon as possible. It won't matter if they are on show if an electrician is going to be doing some work shortly but they MUST be made safe and not just left exposed like that.
If I understand correctly, just switch off the Fused Connector Unit and remove the fuse and put a connector block on each wire.
Just to explain. I do not like cooker hoods. So the hood and the fused plate are out the of the wall and I just have a small piece of cable still connected to my double socket. The double socket is not a modern type so after viewing the contents I decided it would be better not to touch it myself. I just want a short term solution that keeps the wiring unexposed until an electrician can come next month. Ideally I would like to pop down to screw-fix and pick up something simple to cover the wires. A picture of said item would be helpful.
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These, but Screwfix only seem to do a pack of 10.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/6a-terminal-strips-pack-of-10/60804
https://www.screwfix.com/p/6a-terminal-strips-pack-of-10/60804
Cheers I will pick some up on Monday.
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