Red cable...?

[spada01]

I've just found a load of red cable - it seems to run from the flat below into the loft above my flat, but I can't access the loft to find out where it goes. It's circular, fairly newish looking and larger than standard two core and earth cable.

Any ideas folks?

I live in a converted flat at the top of an old Victorian building which was rewired a few years ago, but standard flat white pvc cable was used for that. This red stuff doesn't originate from my consumer unit either.

Very confused!

 

[nozspark]

It's probably part of the fire alarm system..... leave it alone!!

 

[RF Lighting]

Sounds like fire alarm cable

 

[bernardgreen]

Where did you "find" this cable ?

And who does have access to the loft above your flat ?

 

[sparkyspike]

Is there a 'landlord's board' for supplying such things as fire alarms and communal hallway lighting?

This would explain why you have no red cable in your fuse box.

 

[Spark123]

Is it flat? It could be 1.5mm 3c+e LS&F cables as used for the interconnections between mains smoke detectors/heat detectors.

 

[securespark]

It's circular,

 

[ericmark]

It's circular,

Sounds like FP then so I would expect all other posts are spot on and it is fire alarm cable.

 

[spada01]

Ah - fire alarm cable would make sense as ehre's an integrated fire alaarm system. Surprising there's so much going into my flat, but hey ho

Thanks a lot for your help folks!