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I've been looking at these, which are designed to accommodate overzize plugs and claim to be IP65 rated: http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/outdoor-multiconnect-weatherproof-electrical-socket-box-p-1213.html?source=googlebase Any thoughts?

That makes a lot of sense to me BAS - thanks. I'm just hoping I can find a socket option that works with the large RCD plug supplied with the tub. (Whether I need that plug or not, I'd rather keep it on there so as not to risk voiding the warranty.) I think there are weatherproof boxes out there...

Not sure what makes you think I'm competent to do wiring work, but I promise you I'm not. In any case I wouldn't give myself the headache of doing an annoying, time-consuming DIY job (which I always find ten times more difficult that you'd believe possible - I can't do anything practical for...

OK, so we've ditched all ideas to do with extension cables etc and decided to get our electrician to install a proper outdoor socket. Two lingering questions: 1 - he's now talking about drilling a hole through our newly-laid flags to fit an 'earth spike', and 2 - he seems determined to...

"Find a socket on the back wall"... simple as that eh? Alas, there isn't one. Hence all the hoo-ha about extension cords, wiring work etc.

BAS: "So how much effort would it be to extend the socket circuit to supply an external socket on that wall?" Possibly very little (though won't it depend on whether there are existing spurs?)... that's definitely my favoured option at the minute if any kind of extension lead/outdoor...

NB previous post is confusing - I've replied to queries within the text of the quote. Sorry! On heating time - sounds like the actual figure would be about midway between the 8 hours suggested by dodgy reviewers and the 24 hours minimum that was your original guesstimate, BAS.

No, I haven't to be honest - I haven't been thinking of this in terms of a wiring job at all, just in terms of plugging in a new appliance. I guess that's something else to look into. BAS - re length of time to heat: right you are - manufacturer even states rate of heating as around 1.5 - 2...

...maybe I should spell out the geography of this in a bit more detail in case that makes a difference to how people are perceiving this. When I talk about drilling holes in walls & trailing cables through them, I'm not talking about my living room! My house has a small extension at the back...

'Unsightly' I can live with - it's only my back yard and utility/bike store I'm talking about! It's electricians knocking holes in my walls I'd like to avoid. In fact if I were going to get an electrician to hardwire it from an existing circuit, I'd probably ask him to use trunking rather than...

"I'm talking about both" - but the question of where the socket's located is a red herring, because it HAS to be a certain distance from the tub. The tub's cable will therefore trail that distance if the socket's located outside. In any case, if I were to go with the 'cable through wall'...

"Nope - nothing trailing around the garden there. " But we're talking about two different cables, aren't we? I'm talking about the cable attached to the hot tub, the one that needs to 'trail' a certain distance across the garden to plug into a socket. You're talking about the cable connecting...

"Re comment that "You don't need both an RCD protected socket and an RCD plug" - OK, that makes more sense! I thought I'd read that somewhere but must have made it up." Turns out I didn't make it up - this is in the instruction book: "WARNING: Insert the RCD plug into an RCD protected...

"And yet you're still thinking in terms of a cheap and nasty bodge of a cable plugged into a socket in the house, exiting through a hole in the wall, and then what? Trailing around the garden?" Not sure I follow the objection here - surely the hot tub cable is going have to 'trail round the...

We do have RCD protection - and as you say, if we didn't, we could just use the RCD plug that's on the appliance! The issue is just that once I've got the cable into the house, it won't reach a socket.

OK BAS, thanks. I'm going to have to think about this one. What about the 'outdoor socket' kits you can get consisting of a plug for an existing indoor socket and a cable leading to a new outdoor socket? Presumably they're just glorified extension cords really & equally unsuitable for...

Thanks for all the replies folks... ...I obviously need to clarify that this is NOT a temporary installation of anything - the hot tub will be staying where we put it permanently, and stay plugged in. (Unless I decide to pack it away over the winter, I suppose). So just trailing extension...

Hi all Hope someone can advise me on this! OK - I just bought an inflatable hot tub that's designed to plug into a standard 13A, RCD-protected socket... which saves me worrying about major wiring jobs - in theory! (It has a 15ft cable with an RCD plug attached.) But I still need to...