"Clive Long,UK" wrote in message
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Hi,

My flat has solid floors and ceilings. The flat also has "pyro"
power cabling. As the flat was built in the late 60, the single power
circuit for the whole flat is completely inadequate for my glut of
electical devices, fridge, washing machine, micro, oven, kettle etc.
etc.

Now when I use two devices in the kitchen the power breaker trips
out. However, there is a supply that was for a cooker, terminating,
uselessly, in a socket on a wall. I want to move this supply to the
other side of the kitchen and use it dedicated to the electric cooker.
This will involve lifting cork tiles which is no issue and channelling
the solid floor to accept new power cable, again not a real issue.
However, is it possible to "take" the pyro out of the wall, terminate
it some how, then redirect a "cable extension" in the new floor
channel, so that the supply terminates behind the cooker (13 amp fuse)
and takes that device's load off the single power circuit that carries
the rest of the devcies in the flat?

Any other things to think about before attempting this?

Thanks

Clive
Ah, the joys of micc! It's at times like this a "real" sparky gets a warm
glow. Yes it's possible to "take the pyro out of the wall and terminate it
somehow" but only if you use a pyro gland. Some of our apprentices are
currently having nightmares about this stuff as we've started using it in
fire alarm circuits in place of the modern fp200 cable and they've never had
to make it off before. Be warned, it's the spawn of Satan. Stripping it back
and potting a new gland is not for the faint hearted or uninitiated. A
single "fanny hair" (technical term) of outer caught in the compound is
enough to cause a major fault and as for damp...
Hate to suggest it on a DIY group but you may be better off using an old pro
sparky.
Regards, Richard