Wire Wire everywhere - What are all these wires in the house?

2 years ago

Hi all, need your advice in the below:

I've just bought a house, which has been renovated by the seller some time ago; but he left many wires in the house which do not seem to be connected to anything.

Could someone kindly help me identify what are all these wires, and what they are meant for? If they serve no purpose, I'll just cut them off. But I do not want to dispose them blindly/recklessly and come to regret later down the road.

Pic 1: Grey cable with 8 internal wires inside

Pic 2: Black cable with 6 internal wires inside

Pic 3: White cable with 4 internal wires inside

(Cable with 4 internal wires inside, is traced to this socket in the loft)

Need your insights into this (whether to keep or remove them). Many thanks.

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Comments (4)

Becci C
2 years ago
wow that last junction box picture is a bit scary!

from your pics it looks like they're not connected to anything so probably fine to get rid but you should have them tested to see if the other ends go to something live before you start cutting them!

find a nice local electrician to come and have a quick look for you and run their testers along it, they shouldn't charge much just to have a look and advise.
Jonathan
2 years ago
Get an electrician to check none of them are power cables- I think they are probably Ethernet connections which you probably no longer use.
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Sonia
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I personally would get an electrician to advise and removed if necessary.
Brev
Original Author
2 years ago
Thanks all for your response (& I'm actually an electrical engineer).

They do look like ethernet and telephone cables, for every rooms, which are no longer in use.

Just hoping someone in houzz could affirm my belief, as the place where I'm came from have different colour coding from the above pics.

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