Is this cable going to be exposed to the elements on the outside of your house?I have three new LED flood lights to put up on my house and wanted to know the correct type of cable to use as everyone seems to say the twin and earth used already is not suitable?
Is this cable going to be exposed to the elements on the outside of your house?
Kind Regards, John
... suitable for the connected load.
You may jest but, particularly if not disturbed, it seems that PVC T+E 'exposed to the elements' can (not necessarily always!) last for decades without any problems. I recently removed, from a southish-facing outside wall, a run of such cable which already looked old when I inherited it about 30 years ago. Not only did it IR satisfactorily whilst still 'in situ', but it still did after being removed and extensively manhandled, and still seemed pretty flexible (rather than the 'brittle' which we fear).Use twin and earth, it will last longer than the fittings ………… joke ……..
You may jest.....
I suspect that PVC T+E will probably (often/usually) last for at least as long as other plastic things we attach to the outside of our houses (and expect to have to replace after a decade or three).
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