I've removed a number of old, cut-off and hence unused cables from beneath the floorboards of our house (I just cant understand how people can leave them there - were they not potty trained?) Anyway, I was tidying up the cables beneath our consumer unit and, below the boards, found at least three new examples dangling there. As I couldn't see their other ends, I tested them and found one to be live 
. This cable disappears through the wall on which the CU is fitted and heads beneath our tiled-floor kitchen.*
I'm fairly sure it will be connected to our kitchen ring in some way - I'll try each MCB in turn and test to verify. I figured:
a) it may be hooked up to a socket: so, if I find a socket with a third cable, should I connect the live and neutral at the cut-off end and then test for continuity? Is that the best way to do it?
b) it will be connected to a junction box under our kitchen floor
With b) and assuming that I identify a socket in a) but cant pull the cable through, I'll need to make the cut-off end safe. Should I use a junction box / choc box and just leave it lying there ( ) Obviously, lifting the kitchen floor is the "right" thing to do but, well, wife+budget+time+sh#t factor means I'd sooner go for the simpler option provided that it is 'acceptable.'
* I cant figure out what the cable used to do: if it were cut off near a socket I'd understand it, but its cut off next to the consumer unit and is still part of a circuit!! Points to it being connected to a JB no?
Any help / thoughts appreciated
. This cable disappears through the wall on which the CU is fitted and heads beneath our tiled-floor kitchen.*I'm fairly sure it will be connected to our kitchen ring in some way - I'll try each MCB in turn and test to verify. I figured:
a) it may be hooked up to a socket: so, if I find a socket with a third cable, should I connect the live and neutral at the cut-off end and then test for continuity? Is that the best way to do it?
b) it will be connected to a junction box under our kitchen floor
With b) and assuming that I identify a socket in a) but cant pull the cable through, I'll need to make the cut-off end safe. Should I use a junction box / choc box and just leave it lying there (
) Obviously, lifting the kitchen floor is the "right" thing to do but, well, wife+budget+time+sh#t factor means I'd sooner go for the simpler option provided that it is 'acceptable.'* I cant figure out what the cable used to do: if it were cut off near a socket I'd understand it, but its cut off next to the consumer unit and is still part of a circuit!! Points to it being connected to a JB no?
Any help / thoughts appreciated
