Maybe try reading my post rather than shopping around?
My mistake. My only defence is I was in work during my lunch break and speed reading. I apologise.
Maybe try reading my post rather than shopping around?
Anything you can plug into a 13a socket is restricted by the fuse in the plug so why would it be worthwhile plumping for an oversize cable?Ok so an awful lot of garden lights are 12v hence the transformer with the 3 pin plug.
1.5mm is more than adequate, however should some donkey in the future decide to unplug the lights and plug something else in, and for the cost increase (negligible in on this size) it would be worthwhile just plumping for the 2.5.
But yes the 1.5mm is adequate.
Who said that it was a single socket (or, come to that, that the 'adequate' 1.5mm² cable would be installed per Method C)?Anything you can plug into a 13a socket is restricted by the fuse in the plug so why would it be worthwhile plumping for an oversize cable?
Indeed, and I think most sensible people here will have understood that to be your point - but there is 'always one' (and frequently the same 'one' ) who needs to find something to quibble about!My point about installing a larger cable was that if any extra capacity was needed, you would not have to rip it up and start again.
How far would you go with that? This cable is for a few LEDs not a workshop.My point about installing a larger cable was that if any extra capacity was needed, you would not have to rip it up and start again.
How far would you go with that? This cable is for a few LEDs not a workshop.
My mistake. My only defence is I was in work during my lunch break and speed reading. I apologise.
These are Restricted Electrical Works and can only be carried out by a Registered Electrical Contractor (REC), i.e. a member of RECI.Thanks for that. Yes RECI will do the work whenever I get the money to finish it off. The swa out the front will be on a separate cable 1.5mm is what I’m going for. The 16mm is for the garden room out the back.
These are Restricted Electrical Works and can only be carried out by a Registered Electrical Contractor (REC), i.e. a member of RECI..
You need to get a REC on board to do these works. You must not do them yourself. You also shouldn't share a duct between LV and ELV wiring, and also the cables need to meet certain standards, i.e. Dca, -s2, d2, a2 at a minimum.
By purchasing the cable you will also have paid 23% VAT on it, whereas as part of the provision of a service (subject to the "two-thirds rule") you would only have paid 13.5% VAT on it.
A REC can also only certify their own work, except for reconnections where the installation has been de-energised by the DSO and they require a Completion Certificate to re-energise it, or where the Change of Contractor procedure has been followed.
No point in worrying about a future new owner. But as I said how far do you go “future proofing” when you or nobody else knows the future.At the moment it is planned for a few LEDs but the O/P, or even a new owner a few years down the line, may decide to build a shed/workshop/home office and think the installed cable would be suitable for his plans. None of us knows what the future may bring so it's a sensible idea to future proof now, (as far as reasonably practical), at slightly more cost than to have to start all over again in the future when costs will probably be substantially higher. I fed my old shed with 6mm SWA a number of years ago, (simply because it was going to be thrown out by the company I worked for as a space saving option). For about 5 years it supplied 3 LED strip lights and 2 x 13A sockets.
Recently built a new workshop, 20' x 10', nearer the house and simply pulled the old cable back to now supply 3 x new strip lights, 9 x 13A sockets, an alarm system and 2 x outdoor security lights. All protected by a 20A MCB and 30mA RCD at the moment because of light loads but with the potential to uprate to 32A if required.
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