Removing old electrical sockets

I have just removed an old cooker switch and socket from my kitchen. The wire ran from the ceiling down the outside of the wall.

I cut the wire and wrapped each of the internal wires in black insulating tape, then put a few coats of black tape around the whole lot.

I then poked the wrapped wire up through the ceiling and into the area betwen the ceiling and the upstairs floor.

Is this a fire hazard or will it be safe to leave the wire like this indefinitely?

It may still be live.

DONTDIY, welcome to the forum.

Is it still connect then? I would have it separated from the main electricity box so that it would be put off completely from the electricity home-net.

If it was live you would not have been able to remove socket and handle live wires unless you cut the power. Always assume it is live if you don't know. I wouls have pulled it through the ceiling and placed wire nuts on the ends and seperated them from coming into contact with each other should water running over it be an issue at any point. I would have tacked it up to a rafter out of the way and off of the insulation.

In all probablility, the way you did it could last a lifetime. (Specially if it is not live).

Still better to be safe than sorry I suppose.

Hi BudLite, welcome to the forum.
That's sound advise you're giving here. Thanks for sharing this.

Post edited by: rgsgww, at: 2008/07/05 08:56

did something go wrong, rqsqww?