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Hi Chri5, I wasn't ignoring your post I was replying to Lectrician and then I saw yours. But great advice thank you. The socket is protected by a fused spur and there is also an RCD at the CU. I've ordered the NYY cable and I'm good to go thank you again Matt

Thanks Lectrician, I was hoping to use something a little easier to work with but I get what you're saying about mechanical protection. Another quick question some of my PIR outside lights are connected with Flat twin & earth cable is that safe or should they be a rubber flex or Arctic...

Hi there, I've got a decked area that already has an IP66 Socket, I want to just connect another one to it and run the cable under the decking and back up to the new socket. Was wondering what type of cable to use as it will be exposed freezing in the winter. Cheers MattNott

Everything worked apart from the PIR light which I'm going to change for another as it could just be faulty. Many thanks Matt

Hi all, Found a very old fused switch on the ring main powering 2 lights. I would like to change this to a 2 gang switch so I can operate the lights independently. Can I get a 2 gang fused switch and keep it on the ring main? Does it need to be fused? Or should I try and loop it into...

Thanks all for the quick replies. I will give this a go and let you know if I come across any problems. In Answer to your question Spacecat there are no earths behind the switch I thought I'd chocbloc them[/wiki]

Hi, First post so apologies if getting this all wrong Replacing a 1 gang switch with a 2 gang and realised the live feed is straight into the switch and not from a ceiling rose. Is it ok to link the live from one COM to the other? Also the original 1 gang switch had the neutral from...