I'm building an outdoor cooking area that will need lighting. My thoughts are that if I'm taking power out for lighting I may as well put a socket at the same time. The plan is to feed it from the detached garage that has a typical garage CU with 2x MCBs (1x 6A & 1x 32A) but no RCB. The main feed from the house to the garage is protected by a RCB.
As I will cross two paths (I'll lift sections of monoblock), along a boundary wall and a couple of flowerbeds; I'm 99% certain I'll use 2.5mm 3 core SWA. At the garage end I'll come through the wall and I'll fit a Wiska type box and then continue the run to the CU with standard T&E. It has been about 30 years since I last worked with SWA as a telephone engineer but I can still remember what to do.
I have a couple of questions:-
I'm comfortable with running the SWA and fitting the boxes but will engage a Spark to do the final connections.
As I will cross two paths (I'll lift sections of monoblock), along a boundary wall and a couple of flowerbeds; I'm 99% certain I'll use 2.5mm 3 core SWA. At the garage end I'll come through the wall and I'll fit a Wiska type box and then continue the run to the CU with standard T&E. It has been about 30 years since I last worked with SWA as a telephone engineer but I can still remember what to do.
I have a couple of questions:-
- Can I feed the external CU directly from the existing garage CU?
- I see many CUs stating they are IP65 but they don't look as though they are particularly waterproof. Are there any recommended brands?
I'm comfortable with running the SWA and fitting the boxes but will engage a Spark to do the final connections.