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Jeez! And I thought I was being ambitious. My project is tiny compared to what you guys have.

For the outdoor lights, I like breezer's idea of using the grid switches and fuses (the relay idea also sounds great but more complicated). I've got a good price for a 40A 30mA RCD garage CU with a 32A and a 6A breaker. Could I run all the outdoor lighting off the 6A and everything else on the...

That had been my original plan. Can I feed the separate RCD protected board from a spare fuseway on the CU (and on what rated MCB) or do I have to get the leccy company to provide new tails from the meter?

Updated plan: The consumer unit is really old so I probably should get it replaced anyway with a split load CU and put the outdoor circuits on the RCD protected side. 1. Decking lights, pond lights and fairy lights all low voltage with separate outdoor transformers hard wired into a...

OK, I've managed to convince my wife that we only need one patio heater (not 4). I could still do with some advice on the best way to wire all this up. Should I just create a new ring main for the outdoor electrics on a spare fuseway on the consumer unit using a 32A 30mA RCBO with a 6A spur for...

OK, OK, I know everybody is laughing at me for wanting to install outdoor heaters - she who must be obeyed wants them so that, as they say, is that.

1. Light string I have in mind is 240V so no wall wart to worry about: http://www.lights4fun.co.uk/outdoor/wedding-lights/5szz497p.asp 3. The decking is about 2 feet above the ground. It measures 3m X 14m and as most halogen patio heaters cover 3m X 3m, I will need 4 (it gets bloody cold up...

Thanks for reply. So I could plug them all into weatherproof sockets switched from a DP switch inside the house? OK, maybe 500w is a little excessive. You wouldn't see it anyway because it would be attached to the underside of the raised decking. It will be difficult to bury because the...

I know I'm being quite ambitious here but I want to install a number of outdoor circuits (I would probably need to remortgage to get this lot done by a pro): 1. 20-30 decking lights 12V with outdoor transformer, 3-4 pond lights 12V with outdoor transformer and a set of 300-400 outdoor fairy...