"N" wrote in message
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Well It is all sorted now. Basically, there was enough slack in the cable
to
cut out the damaged portion and fit a 30/40 Amp junction box to join the
two
sides of the cable. It was the old feed for the cooker which now just
feeds
3 sockets as we have a gas cooker.

I still can't believe that after the initial flash you poked at it
with a screwdriver
A pal of mine drilled into an incoming main which
(unlike yours) was un-fused - he lost huge areas of skin
and had a long painful recovery - electricity is a killer
...not only for you as it can kill the person trying to save you,


Is/was this normal practice?
fatal assumption that anything is 'normal'