Moved house - bare wires all over - how can I make them safe
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The box with the red and green buttons, beneath the time clock
Usually used for motors as a starter , but sometimes used as a contactor to switch loads on on and off possibly controlled via the timeclock
You will hear it clunk in and out when it operates
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Do you know what all the switches ,etc, operates
Some of the switches are marked in pencil so they don't show in the photo.
They are labelled:
Bell Back?
Hot water pump
Basement
1st floor
only bast
immersion
utility
sag pigc?
the clock thing over the DOL starter says Vinerette
Does that help?
They are labelled:
Bell Back?
Hot water pump
Basement
1st floor
only bast
immersion
utility
sag pigc?
the clock thing over the DOL starter says Vinerette
Does that help?
Stop p****ng us about - you cannot seriously be claiming that you had a survey done after the previous occupant removed appliances and accessories and left wires hanging out and they said it was OK.
Stop spending your time here and start kicking your solicitor to sue the arse off the git who sold you this property.
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its been a couple years since i moved but i had to fill out one of these
www.apmalam.co.uk/downloadfiles/fixture_fittings.pdf
i also recieved one from the people i was buying off, it should have been sent to you via your solicitor, and it states that anything removed must be made good, and electrical fittings removed should be replaced with sockets, ceiling rose etc etc
i agree with b-a-s, you need to get on to your solicitors
www.apmalam.co.uk/downloadfiles/fixture_fittings.pdf
i also recieved one from the people i was buying off, it should have been sent to you via your solicitor, and it states that anything removed must be made good, and electrical fittings removed should be replaced with sockets, ceiling rose etc etc
i agree with b-a-s, you need to get on to your solicitors
it looks like a mouse in a hole to me, other than that i have no idea
i hope you buy my house next, i'll be taking everything, windows, doors, floors, stairs, ceilings
The mere fact that you ask that shows that you need assistance, and from your description you don't have time to acquire competence, so you need to get an electrician asap....
were those wires bare at the time the survey was done? If so then the surveyer should have picked it up. If not then the seller has been removing fittings and leaving things dangerous after your survey which is definately not acceptable.
Either way you need to get your solicitor involved.
Either way you need to get your solicitor involved.
I don't remember seeing them before. Except for 2 thin loose wires in the bathroom which I mentioned to the surveyor (RICS) before he inspected the house but he didn't make anything of it.
It'll be at least a week before I will be able to call out an electrician.
Can I ask about the big bunch of cables coming from a wall box and lying on the carpet (bottom right of picture) ?
Some of these wires (which are stiff, flat, electrical wire with red and black wires) appear to be used as speaker wire - is that possible????
Some of them have speaker type connectors at the end and appear to go into the wall and out again on either side of the room again with speaker connectors. However some of these are cut and there is a green (earth?) cable mixed in too.
I'd like to know, as these look the worst.
It'll be at least a week before I will be able to call out an electrician.
Can I ask about the big bunch of cables coming from a wall box and lying on the carpet (bottom right of picture) ?
Some of these wires (which are stiff, flat, electrical wire with red and black wires) appear to be used as speaker wire - is that possible????
Some of them have speaker type connectors at the end and appear to go into the wall and out again on either side of the room again with speaker connectors. However some of these are cut and there is a green (earth?) cable mixed in too.
I'd like to know, as these look the worst.
It would be unwise to say without testing what they are
They are mains rated cable and should be treated as such till proved otherwise, it would be over the top for speaker wire but not unheard of
They are mains rated cable and should be treated as such till proved otherwise, it would be over the top for speaker wire but not unheard of
Can't prove if they were there before purchase. I suspect that they were hidden by furniture etc as they are mostly dirty and don't look freshly cut or capped. Solicitor says if they were there before then there is no comeback. RICS surveyor cover themselves by saying they don't move furniture or lift carpets etc. I think it was all hidden by furiture and so probably has been there a long time. There are still many wall lights left in the house so it wasn't a case of everything being removed.
Anyway I can wire a plug and I have fitted a power socket before (took ages because I'm a girl) but with advice I did it and it was good.
1. Can someone give me a link to what to buy say on TLC or Screwfix to blank these off please?
2. Also, I need to be able to test which wires are live. I want to switch off fuse boxes one at a time to see which is which.
I have some little detectors that I used to use to check walls before hanging pictures but none of them are 100% accurate (I think due to bonding in the walls). I certainly am reluctant to hang a picture here as I assume behind the walls is littered with cables.
Anyway I can wire a plug and I have fitted a power socket before (took ages because I'm a girl) but with advice I did it and it was good.
1. Can someone give me a link to what to buy say on TLC or Screwfix to blank these off please?
2. Also, I need to be able to test which wires are live. I want to switch off fuse boxes one at a time to see which is which.
I have some little detectors that I used to use to check walls before hanging pictures but none of them are 100% accurate (I think due to bonding in the walls). I certainly am reluctant to hang a picture here as I assume behind the walls is littered with cables.
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