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  1. Dnwckhm

    Drilled in cable

    Thanks Andy, any idea on what the repair would involve and/or cost?
  2. Dnwckhm

    Drilled in cable

    so I’ve isolated the supply again and cut a larger hole, looks like I’ve drilled part way through some metal, but can’t see any cable? I’ve got a voltage tester pen and that doesn’t pick up anything when close to the hole and supply back on
  3. Dnwckhm

    Drilled in cable

    Thanks for the welcome and response Spoon. The cable supply’s one of the outside lights, I’ve turned that circuit off at circuit breaker so all of the outside lights now have no power. only pic I could supply would be of a small hole about 10mm deep, but nothing is visible in the hole. If the...
  4. Dnwckhm

    Drilled in cable

    Hi, So, I appear to have drilled into a cable when hanging some shelves. There were some sparks from the drill bit and the electric was tripped, both the RCD and the outside lights were off in the consumer unit. I turned these back on and everything was fine, only problem was one of the outside...
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