Electric cable: location marking
 

1970s house. Breezeblock + plaster inner walls.
Whilst taking the tiles off in the kitchen, near the fuse box, a patch
of plaster came away revealing what seemed to be thin wood(?!) in the
wall. I also saw a grey cable -- which I take to be one of the ring
main circuits.

* I patched the wall up and have marked the location of the grey cable
with an arrow scratched on the wall. Is there a standard symbol for
marking the location of electrical mains cables (E, perhaps?)

* Is it possible someone used wooden trunking for the electric cables
prior to plastering?

Bruce

* I patched the wall up and have marked the location of the grey cable
with an arrow scratched on the wall. Is there a standard symbol for
marking the location of electrical mains cables (E, perhaps?)

* Is it possible someone used wooden trunking for the electric cables
prior to plastering?

Bruce

I would just write with a felt tip pen in large letters 'CABLES HERE'.
Should be obvious then!!!!

Dave

--
For what we are about to balls up may common sense prevent us doing it
again
in the future!!

On 10 Feb 2005 07:37:58 -0800, strung
together this:

Is there a standard symbol for
marking the location of electrical mains cables (E, perhaps?)

Nope, big lines and "CABLES HERE" usually does the trick. They should
be above, below or to the side of a socket. If they are, they don't
need marking, if they're not, then no amount of markings, BS or not,
will make it right.
--

SJW
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