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Drilling through mains cable!
OK I now I am a complete idiot but I just drilled through a mains cable. Big
flash then the RCD trip switch kicked in and put all the power in the house out. However, when I put the power back on everything works no circuit trips? So I put an insulated screwdriver in the drill hole to check and everything trips again, the end of the screwdriver also got pretty melted. Reset trip switches and everything works fine. I am having someone with a brain, unlike me, look at it tomorrow - an electrician. But is it safe to leave the power on overnight - the lead is below a floorboard but can not be accessed without a fair bit of work - skirting off etc hence the wait for the man with a brain. I am concerned that something may be smouldering away under my floorboards or if that was the case would the RCD/MCB kick in? Thanks PS Try to limit the comments on my stupidity and about how cheap pipe/cable detectors are. my wife wants to kill me as it is - take pity on me! |
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