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MICC Simples, no way is it a black art, honestly. Lost art maybe.Are you. Saying that there is a single pyro cable leaving the house spurred off the ring?
If this is the case can you not re terminate the pyro into a suitable IP rated box fixed to the building terminating the conductors inside.
Not used pyro for some time it is a bit of a black art now and would think that not many sparkies would be able to do it nowadays.
Might be worth carrying out an IR test on the circuit prior to carrying out any work on pyro. Should last for ever if not disturbed but worth checking to confirm condition and if your work has caused any issues.
Would be interesting to understand your competencies, qualifications, and experiences following your initial comments and suggestions.
you can't just bury a live cable. nobody will know it's there unles there's an accessory or a blanked box to indicate the presence of cable.
Situation is there's some 53 year old pyro cable that I need to either remove, or make dead, or cut short and push back into the wall having ensured that the still-live end cannot short out the circuit or come into contact with anything.
No hope of fully removing it, as it goes up the cavity and I don't even know the route it takes.
Chances of finding the junction box that connects it to the downstairs power ring are remote, I suspect it connects at a junction box fixed into the wall behind fixed cupboards, next to pipes, in a kitchen, and below the bath (bathroom above the kitchen), however I cannot be sure. I also am not sure I can take the cupboards down without damaging them (I'm no carpenter/kitchen fitter).
SKIP TO THE POINT:
The obvious thing to do seems to be to cut the cable just after it leaves the outside house, fix the end in such a way that it's not going to short the circuit or make live anything it comes into contact with, and shove it back into the wall (then cement over it). I've not had to deal with pyro before, how would you recommend going about this?
MICC Simples, no way is it a black art, honestly. Lost art maybe.
I haven't touched MICC since I retired some5 years ago, I had a call from a mate who had never touched it, would I give him a hand, made 2 ends off on a 4l2.5 no troubles. It's like a lot of things really, take your time, follow the correct procedure, as I said, simples. The biggest problem I had was setting the stripper properly. I remember when it first came into service in a big way.OK I will give you that, but I would be interested how many electricians can terminate an end correctly with confidence.
Pyro is a great cable, we will soon be starting a big lighting contract in a very old church and all the cabling will be bare pyro. If it's installed correctly and dressed right it just disappears after a while. I think I'm right in saying that most, if not all older churches must still be wired using it.
Your post lack emoticons so cannot tell if your joking or not, if not are you suggesting that you remove some off the toughest most durable cable and change it for something a lot lesser just because one might not be skilled in using MICC and consider it a faff to deal with?Whenever you come across copper pyro always inform the client that the whole lot has to be pulled out and replaced. No fafing about remove the whole lot end of.
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