Okay to use flex?

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Is it okay to use black rubber flex to feed an outside light?

Flex would be wired into an IP56 junction box taking it's feed from a SFCU inside from the lounge ring, so junction box is about 1.2m from the ground, need to run up from this and about 6 metres along the wall to the light.

1mm Black rubber flex or 1.5mm Hituf?

Thanks.
 
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The black rubber will become brittle due to heat from the sun, You would be better using SWA or even T&E or singles in conduit
 
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oharaf wrote

The black rubber will become brittle due to heat from the sun, You would be better using SWA or even T&E or singles in conduit

swa or singles i can agree with, but i would say T&E is not really a cable i would use outside as this too can be affected by the sun.
 

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