C
coopern
Help required on best way to identify unmarked, downstairs, painted over, pair of 2.5mm mains cables. The cables are below the consumer unit (1998) just above the skirting board, and I think they are probably the start and finish ends of the downstairs ring main, but they appear out of the wall plaster and after a few feet disappear into the plaster again. There's a solid floor. Would like to know whether there's a way to find out exactly what the cables are without cutting them or pulling up floorboards etc. If they are part of the ring main they could be a convenient point to locate an extra mains socket.