Electricalnoob96
DIY
Absolute rookie error… renovating the downstairs bathroom and drilled a hole in the wall for a shelf, went straight through the cable for the light switch on the opposite side of the wall.
Kicking myself because I actually have a wire detector and didn’t use it.
Spark came out of the hole and all downstairs lights went dark, lucky I didn’t electrocute myself really!
Checked fuse box and the downstairs lights fuse switch was down, flicked it back up to see if the remaining lights would work and it sparked and flicked straight back down again.
My question is can I get away with cutting a hole in the dry wall and crimping the wires and plastering back over? My only concern is that the fuse switch sparked and flicked straight back off, not sure if this means the fuse box/earth could have been damaged and I need to get a sparky out?
Cheers
Kicking myself because I actually have a wire detector and didn’t use it.
Spark came out of the hole and all downstairs lights went dark, lucky I didn’t electrocute myself really!
Checked fuse box and the downstairs lights fuse switch was down, flicked it back up to see if the remaining lights would work and it sparked and flicked straight back down again.
My question is can I get away with cutting a hole in the dry wall and crimping the wires and plastering back over? My only concern is that the fuse switch sparked and flicked straight back off, not sure if this means the fuse box/earth could have been damaged and I need to get a sparky out?
Cheers