Hi all, I'm looking to do something about an ugly black cable on the rear of my ~1958 semi-detached house.
It starts from a black disc-shaped box on the corner of my neighbour's house, runs along under the eaves all the way to the corner of my house where it drops down a foot or so, begins to run horizontally again, but has been cut after a few inches. Best to explain with a diagram:
The cable has been clipped to the wall using thin galvanised metal clips nailed into a row of mortar using what look like nails with washers on. The nails are rusty, and the galvanised clips are weathered - but all still completely solid.
Looking around the cut end, I couldn't see any onward clips or old holes anywhere. The cable just seems to end...
The round box is black, 6 to 9 inches in diameter at a guess, sticks out 3 or 4 inches, and looks like its made of cast metal (but could be a thick plastic). It looks hardy.
I tested the cut end for any voltages, and satisfied it was dead I cut a section off (with insulated snips just in case!). The cable is ~12mm diameter, black, with a copper-tape inner sheath (i.e. not braided), then a yellowy-clear inner sheath, then 4 pairs of solid conductor; blue, yellow, grey, green. They don't seem to be twisted:
Here is a photo of a section:
On the outer sheath I can make out the following writing:
"British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd-------Helsby-------England-----TRH-029-----1963"
My neighbours don't know what it is, and aren't inclined to investigate. Ultimately I would like to cut and remove the cable up to the dividing line.
So, any ideas anyone?
I might add it was council-owned between being built in 1958 up until the 70s (or so we think) when it was bought by the previous owners to us (we moved in last year or so).
It starts from a black disc-shaped box on the corner of my neighbour's house, runs along under the eaves all the way to the corner of my house where it drops down a foot or so, begins to run horizontally again, but has been cut after a few inches. Best to explain with a diagram:
The cable has been clipped to the wall using thin galvanised metal clips nailed into a row of mortar using what look like nails with washers on. The nails are rusty, and the galvanised clips are weathered - but all still completely solid.
Looking around the cut end, I couldn't see any onward clips or old holes anywhere. The cable just seems to end...
The round box is black, 6 to 9 inches in diameter at a guess, sticks out 3 or 4 inches, and looks like its made of cast metal (but could be a thick plastic). It looks hardy.
I tested the cut end for any voltages, and satisfied it was dead I cut a section off (with insulated snips just in case!). The cable is ~12mm diameter, black, with a copper-tape inner sheath (i.e. not braided), then a yellowy-clear inner sheath, then 4 pairs of solid conductor; blue, yellow, grey, green. They don't seem to be twisted:
Here is a photo of a section:
On the outer sheath I can make out the following writing:
"British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd-------Helsby-------England-----TRH-029-----1963"
My neighbours don't know what it is, and aren't inclined to investigate. Ultimately I would like to cut and remove the cable up to the dividing line.
So, any ideas anyone?
I might add it was council-owned between being built in 1958 up until the 70s (or so we think) when it was bought by the previous owners to us (we moved in last year or so).
