RE: [OT] Mystery Buried Cables

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If they're that close to the surface - could you not cut a small
channel in the grass and follow them back - or would that destroy too much?
Might be the only safest way it case you do cut into something that would
cause an evacuation of the area! ;)

Paul.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip
Coombes
Sent: 11 October 2010 10:21
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc: Jim Noble
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Mystery Buried Cables

I have had a further inspection this morning and the cables are definitely
black and have no markings on them that I can see. I have run a domestic
type metal detector over them and a wire/current detector neither of which
seem to register anything. Also the metal detector on my phone doesn't
register either! All show up when run over the regular armoured cable I
have laid.

I have also googled like mad this morning and neither the HSE underground
services booklet
(http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg47.pdf)
and the NJUG
guidelines(http://www.njug.org.uk/publication/114/)
appear to firmly suggest what they might be. There are no tiles above the
cables (if there had been they would have been above ground!) or tapes etc.

I am increasingly of the opinion that they are just offcuts that have been
dumped but still stuck as to how I positively prove or disprove that
assertion.

Phil

On 10/10/2010 22:00, Jim Noble wrote:
>    On 10/10/2010 21:32, Philip Coombes wrote:
>>     Hi everyone, hope you all had a good weekend!
>>
>> I spent my Sunday digging a hole for a pond but have been somewhat
>> stymied by coming across a couple of buried cables or pipe. They
are
>> about an inch or so across (maybe 2.75cm) and pretty stiff. I have
>> uploaded a picture at http://flic.kr/p/8HWk5q
>>
>> So my question is, what are these likely to be?
> They look blue - could be mains water? Where is your water meter? Do
> any of the pipes to/from it head off in the direction of these ones?
> How about your neighbours' ones?
>
> Could also be electrical though - got one of those buried cable
finders?
> Mine has a metal detecting mode...
>
> A clamp meter might not necessarily report any current if there is
> both live and neutral in there and you're clamping around both.
>
> Jim
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