Beyond me !

[Jimtelford]

yeh looks like

I take it the cable is buried .not in a duct by any chance..

I haven’t excavated but nothing evident at either end.

 

[Jock from the north]

Hi Jock from the North,
Thanks for that, my sister in law is getting a proper electrician in.
Where are you from, I’m from Fife originally.

Hi Jim I'm from inverurie area currently minus 7 .bloody freezing.hopefully you get it sorted without to much disruption

 

[westward10]

I've deleted a lot from this thread apologies if some were relevant to previous posts. The OP has stated they help out friends and are not an electrician so can we keep it to the topic of the thread.

 

[Jimtelford]

I've deleted a lot from this thread apologies if some were relevant to previous posts. The OP has stated they help out friends and are not an electrician so can we keep it to the topic of the thread.

Thank you for that.
Indeed, I am grateful for all the good advice offered and for the understanding shown through almost all of the posts / replies.

Thank you, cheers to all, Jim