Any electricians?

[edd_jedi]

Thought I'd ask here on the off-chance anyone might know. I need to disconnect a wall socket in my kitchen to do some plastering and painting, however I can't figure out where its power supply comes from. I have tried turning off every switch in my fuse box, and the master switch for the full fuse box, but still this wall socket is live. I can turn off every single other wall plug or light in the entire house apart from this one! Does this mean it is being powered by somebody else's electricity? Is there a way I can safely disconnect it?

 

[lejackal]

I'm not an electrician but I work for an energy company. If you want to test if that is connected to your meter take a reading from your meter, including the numbers after the decimal place if there are any and then boil a full kettle using that socket with everything else turned off. If it moves your paying, if it doesn't your neighbour probably is :lol:

 

[theforceuk]

I would contact the person in charge of the management for the entire property as you have the right to access your electric supply. Not right at all.

 

[Snaketibe]

If you've turned off the master trip switch on the electrical consumer unit for your property and that particular plug socket is still live in your kitchen, then it cannot be getting its supply through your consumer unit. Therefore, it must be being paid for by someone else, which begs the question are you paying for any plugs that are not in your property? :shock:

If you rent, this is definitely an urgent matter for your landlord to address. If you own your property, I would talk to your energy supplier, but I suspect you will need to employ an electrician to trace where the various electrical cables go to and from.

Best of luck, and please keep us informed.

 

[jayjedi]

Hi Edd, don't worry, I have plastered loads of walls live and it just gives your arm a bit of a pinch, at worst it will blow the fuse in the apartment of the bill payer, so probably easier to find out that way

 

[theforceuk]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Great advice! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[StarWarsFan]

Hi Edd, don't worry, I have plastered loads of walls live and it just gives your arm a bit of a pinch, at worst it will blow the fuse in the apartment of the bill payer, so probably easier to find out that way

:lol: Jack of all trades

 

[edd_jedi]

Thanks guys, we live in a managed block so I'll have to ask the managing agent to figure it out for me!