Begravd elektrisk ledning i trädgården
Hello! I drove the tiller into my lawn to lay new grass and I came across a buried electrical wire (can be seen in the photo). The thread is not buried deep enough. I'm looking for rules on what to do to fix this. I will contact an electrician to carry out the work but I had a few questions before contacting anyone to fix it.
1. How deep the thread should be. This line transports electricity from the home to the garage building and is a 240V line.
2. Today, the wire in gray is flexible pipes. Is this pipe good enough or should it be in a hard PVC pipe? Should the pipe have a specific color?
3. Can I contact the hidden insurance that the seller purchased at the time of sale of the house? This thread was not buried according to the rules and should be considered a hidden error.
4. Part of the wire is located under the patio. Should the patio be opened to bury the thread deeper?
1. How deep the thread should be. This line transports electricity from the home to the garage building and is a 240V line.
2. Today, the wire in gray is flexible pipes. Is this pipe good enough or should it be in a hard PVC pipe? Should the pipe have a specific color?
3. Can I contact the hidden insurance that the seller purchased at the time of sale of the house? This thread was not buried according to the rules and should be considered a hidden error.
4. Part of the wire is located under the patio. Should the patio be opened to bury the thread deeper?
A cable in the ground can either be a cable made for being in the ground (called "markkabel" in Swedish) or shall be a suitable cable that can be installed in a protective pipe ("kabelrör") which shall be yellow.
A grey normal installation pipe is not suitable to be in the ground but might (just might) be OK if the cable itself is of a "markkabel" type.
There is no clear rule on how deep they should be but a recommendation is at least 35 cm.
A grey normal installation pipe is not suitable to be in the ground but might (just might) be OK if the cable itself is of a "markkabel" type.
There is no clear rule on how deep they should be but a recommendation is at least 35 cm.
Är nog ganska vanligt tyvärr. Jag satte spaden rakt i en vanlig förlängningskabel som någon grävt ner kanske 1 dm i gräsmattan i vårat förra hus. Den gick från ett uttag under altanen till växthuset och ett utomhus-uttag där. Pang sa det och JFB löste ut när ett hugg med spaden kapade kabeln mitt itu. Det var dock ett enkelt sätt för den förra ägaren att få ut el till gummans växthus, ingen elektriker behövdes och det tog kanske 20 minuter 
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Hej!
Many thanks for all the replies. I called and electrician to come and have a look. He told me that it is not an electrical wire but instead a telephone cable. He also said that there are no rules for low voltage telephone cable and I can just pull it out if I don't need it.
However, it was good to understand the rules around grounding of electrical wires and many thanks for all the answers.
Many thanks for all the replies. I called and electrician to come and have a look. He told me that it is not an electrical wire but instead a telephone cable. He also said that there are no rules for low voltage telephone cable and I can just pull it out if I don't need it.
However, it was good to understand the rules around grounding of electrical wires and many thanks for all the answers.