Armoured Cable For Outdoor Socket?

Bonni said:

Have you heard of UV light? If you haven't, then you'll be one of the many that puts grey electrical cable, underground brown 4" soil pipe and fittings, and white 32mm and 40mm white solvent weld pipes and pipe fittings outside to degrade.

That's why there are qualified tradesmen to do the job right so the customer doesn't botch the job, create a risk, wastes their money on materials and leaving a **** visual job.

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So What pipes do we fit outside? The grey which goes white in a couple of years or perhaps the black that does the same in a couple of extra years.

Taylortwocities said:

Eh? Are you real???
Of course, I am fully aware of the degradation caused to PVC cable by UV light. But you will note that (if you read my post) that I did not specify PVC cable. I also qualified my response by the environment.
In case you are not aware, SWA is not the ONLY cable that may be used outside.

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I suggest an electrician, then you know it's right.

Bonni said:

I suggest an electrician, then you know it's right.

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An electrician for who? I don’t need one. perhaps you mean the OP?
I have no idea what you mean, in either of your posts.

Bonni said:

I suggest an electrician, then you know it's right.

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Depends on how truthful the 'electrician' claims to be.

Worked with an ex military guy on factory maintenance. He had all the paperwork to qualify for the job so the company took him on. One day he had to replace a 2.2kw motor. When it came to wiring it up the cable gland hole was a bigger size than the original motor so he simply pushed the old gland into the hole and 'secured' it with a couple of cable ties inside the terminal box. He switched it on and it ran the wrong way, so, knowing to reverse a motor you swap the leads around, (his thinking), he swapped all 3 phases and couldn't understand why it ran the same way. He queried it with the team leader, and because he had 'jiggled around' with it to make it try and go the opposite way, when he switched it on it went BANG! On closer examination, (and after making sure it was totally isolated), the teamie discovered the gland problem which had caused the connections to the terminal block to work loose when the motor jumped on start up. There was a whole catalogue or errors he had committed. So despite having the paperwork from the army he had no/very little practical experience and was a massive danger to himself and everyone else. Turns out he had done 8 weeks in a classroom before being demobbed.

So you need to be very careful when selecting a tradesman and preferably check him out through the scheme membership he claims to be in.