Hello!
I'm planning on running electrics to my shed where I'm in the process of installing some decking. I intend to run 12v decking lights and may be a radio from this, however I would appreciate your ideas on whether I can run a security PIR flood light from this as well?
My plan is to run some flex (in conduit) from an outdoor socket mounted on the house. This is from B&Q kit with the other end plugged into a socket in the house (there is an RCD plug on this end). The other end will, as I said run in conduit attached to the outside of the house then end at a weatherproof box. From here I plan to run SWA initially along the fence line (mounted on fence) but later buried (when I renew the fence). At the end of this run I plan on putting another weather proof box and using flex inside the shed to a socket into which I will connect a weather box containing a four way socket into which the lights etc will plug.
Further to this, I am think of buying a photoelectric switch to attach between the four way extension and the socket inside that will allow the lights to automatically turn on for a few hours at dusk.
I'm thinking that as this is not a permanent fixture, and not hard wired into the CU, this should be OK with part p? What are your opinions on this and what type of SWA do you think I should go with, in terms of 2 or 3 core and 1.5 or 2.5mm cores?
Are there any websites that give good instructions of terminating SWA, I've had a look around and found a few but there are always those hidden gems that don't get shown in the first few pages of Google results!!
Thanks all in advance for reading,
Gaz
I'm planning on running electrics to my shed where I'm in the process of installing some decking. I intend to run 12v decking lights and may be a radio from this, however I would appreciate your ideas on whether I can run a security PIR flood light from this as well?
My plan is to run some flex (in conduit) from an outdoor socket mounted on the house. This is from B&Q kit with the other end plugged into a socket in the house (there is an RCD plug on this end). The other end will, as I said run in conduit attached to the outside of the house then end at a weatherproof box. From here I plan to run SWA initially along the fence line (mounted on fence) but later buried (when I renew the fence). At the end of this run I plan on putting another weather proof box and using flex inside the shed to a socket into which I will connect a weather box containing a four way socket into which the lights etc will plug.
Further to this, I am think of buying a photoelectric switch to attach between the four way extension and the socket inside that will allow the lights to automatically turn on for a few hours at dusk.
I'm thinking that as this is not a permanent fixture, and not hard wired into the CU, this should be OK with part p? What are your opinions on this and what type of SWA do you think I should go with, in terms of 2 or 3 core and 1.5 or 2.5mm cores?
Are there any websites that give good instructions of terminating SWA, I've had a look around and found a few but there are always those hidden gems that don't get shown in the first few pages of Google results!!
Thanks all in advance for reading,
Gaz