Drop cable to Master Socket is too short - what do I do?

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So its as I thought, tampering with their property.
Or if you are stupid enough to make a mistake a potential bill for damages to their equipment.

[#2]

The best way to make it work is to connect the BT box to your high voltage cooker outlet via a bucket of salty water.

[#3]

Learnt something today, did not realise that the cooker worked on a differnt voltage to the rest of the house.

[#4]

I think he was referring to the high current capacity of the cooker outlet and the high voltage statement simply referenced 230V rather than the low 50v on the telephone line.

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If you were to rewire it, and inadvertantly hit  the cabling past the master socket with a 240v spike

How could you inadvertently do this!

[#5]

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Learnt something today, did not realise that the cooker worked on a differnt voltage to the rest of the house.

Not always widely known   Years ago someone gave me an old cooker and I had to get a long cable to attach it to the box on the wall (so I got it from the local Electricity Board shop, telling them what type of cable I needed).
I did the wiring whilst getting instructions (via the phone in my other hand) from a friend's husband who is an electrician.  Result: working cooker.
Some weeks later, the friend and her husband visited, so he could check the wiring was actually okay.  "Where did you get this cable from?" he asked.  I told him and he shook his head.  "You do know that's storage heater cable . . . . "
In the end the EB refunded the outlay but I didn't have enough money for the proper cable (£28 iirc).  Had to drop into my sons' school the next day - mid-morning - and ahead of me on the path was another parent - carrying a length of cooker cable.  You couldn't make it up
It turned out to be "spare" cable and the cooker got re-wired.  Have to say cooker wiring is not amongst my all-time-favourite activities! but like anything else you do it if you have to.  Though I believe you're even legally required to get in a professional for wiring cookers, these days ^^
Regards,
Penny.
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Though I believe you're even legally required to get in a professional for wiring cookers, these days ^^

Since the beginning of the year any significant wiring has to be approved/done/checked by a professional.
i.e. you can do it yourself but it will need to be checked before you can sell your house.

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Quote from: Penny

In the end the EB refunded the outlay but I didn't have enough money for the proper cable (£28 iirc).  Had to drop into my sons' school the next day - mid-morning - and ahead of me on the path was another parent - carrying a length of cooker cable.  You couldn't make it up

£28 for a couple of feet of 6mm cable, did not think copper was that expensive.

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It's not quite as bad as that.
The electricians are trying to frighten every one so that they get the work even when it doesn't need to be notified.
The regulations can be downloaded from here http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADP_2006.pdf
The relevant part of the new regulations states