Hi all,
I ran a 4mm SWA cable to my summerhouse. I buried it inside some conduit but the guy doing the garden has hammered a metal stake through it (I've not dug it up yet - but it's tripping my RCD). It's not a direct short but measuring resistance from Neutral to his spike is about 1.6MOhms so I think he's 'nicked' the cable and now water has got in to it (been heavy rain here) it's caused an issue.
I'm going to dig it up next week but wondered what's the best way of repairing it. I can chop the cable completely and re-run part of it. But I can't re-run the whole length of cable so it will need joining.
So, do I bring it up out of the ground, into a junction box, then bury the second half of it again in order to repair it. Or are there durable "in line" ways of repairing the cable that will allow me to bury it again and forget about it for my lifetime?
The area will (eventually) be covered with slabs so whatever I do needs to be robust and permanent.
I'd love to get your advice on the best way to tackle this.
Thanks
I ran a 4mm SWA cable to my summerhouse. I buried it inside some conduit but the guy doing the garden has hammered a metal stake through it (I've not dug it up yet - but it's tripping my RCD). It's not a direct short but measuring resistance from Neutral to his spike is about 1.6MOhms so I think he's 'nicked' the cable and now water has got in to it (been heavy rain here) it's caused an issue.
I'm going to dig it up next week but wondered what's the best way of repairing it. I can chop the cable completely and re-run part of it. But I can't re-run the whole length of cable so it will need joining.
So, do I bring it up out of the ground, into a junction box, then bury the second half of it again in order to repair it. Or are there durable "in line" ways of repairing the cable that will allow me to bury it again and forget about it for my lifetime?
The area will (eventually) be covered with slabs so whatever I do needs to be robust and permanent.
I'd love to get your advice on the best way to tackle this.
Thanks