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Topic:   Abandoned wiring - 766 visits (1 today, 1 this week)

Michael Thomas
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posted March 25, 2007 10:42 PM            

Help me out, my brain has had it this evening.

About a foot of underground cable sticking up through the slab of a demolished garage. Not live. No obvious presence at house end - disconnection may predate the newer service panel.

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Suggested recommendation for dealing with abandoned wiring under these circumstances?

John Arnold
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posted March 26, 2007 04:49 AM            

No doubt there's something else on the property that needs an electrician's attention? I'd recommend removal of exposed cable after electrician verifies it's not connected or connectable, if that's a word.

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posted March 26, 2007 07:45 AM            

If it buried like that, cut off both ends, leaving just enough to connect the hot, neutral and ground together, then solder them together or use an irreversible crimp large enough for all three.

No. the code does not require that, but that wire does not look like it is in a condition to re reused.

Doing as I stated above means that if the conductors are somehow energized, they will trip the overcurrent protection immediately.

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dick whitfield
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posted March 26, 2007 06:52 PM         

I alway go back to my phrase "bare wires found, need to terminate properly".

There is no need to cut off wires that may can be used later. Just put a box on them and cap the wires. The goal is to make them safe...not unusable.

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posted March 26, 2007 07:07 PM            

Dick,

I can only assume that you missed this part of my post above.

"but that wire does not look like it is in a condition to re reused." (quote is complete with typo error I did not see before)

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posted March 31, 2007 04:05 PM         

wire in pic looked ok to me....guess you have to be there.