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Martin Bonner wrote:
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:16:56 PM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

It would be a very clever toddler who managed to plug a bare cable
into a socket.

I presume you mean a lead with a 13 amp plug attached which had been
cut off from something?

Not cut off, but disconnected from the screw terminals in the cooker -
thus leaving lengths of wire exposed.

http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/opinions/2011FAI17.html

Oven, it would seem. Some oven can be plugged into a 13 amp socket - a
cooker has to be hard wired.

Having read that, I am *much* more careful about destroying plugs on
cables I remove from things. I can easily imagine being that
electrician.

This cooker isn't plugged in.

Which avoids that worry.

If you've hacked off a moulded on plug with or without some lead still
attached then yes it should be disposed of carefully. But in any case
remove the fuse first - it can be used elsewhere. Which will also make it
safe.

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