Cable Runs

[dogberry]

Hi all,

Just a quickie.

I want to add a socket in an attached garage. As it is in the garage I'm not botherd what it looks like. Is it in order to run it along the wall with cable clips or is there some rule or regulation that says it must be in trunking?

Many thanks

Tony

 

[Dave9]

im no expert but you can buy proper outdoor weatherproof cable, costs about £1 meter.

my grampa's house had normal wires outside, the outer tubing eventually corrodded itself and had to be replaced.

so if you want it to last, pay a bit extra for wiring, you can also use a hose pipe and thread the cable through that or some other sort of hard-wearing waterproof tubing.

 

[JohnD]

You can clip it, but it has to be suitable for the place you've got it. So if, like me, you hang laddders and spades on the wall, that might bang into the cable, it is at risk of mechanical damage; or something might catch on it and pull it off the wall or out of the socket.

In a garage, it is quite handy to run cables just below the ceiling or wallplate, where they're out of the way and clear of any shelves or stuff you might put on the wall, and drop down to sockets and switches.

Mini-trunkling, with the clip-on cover, is very handy where its appearance is on order, also looks neat run to external wall lamps and things like that, and can be painted with non-drip gloss to tone in.

 

[dogberry]

I don't think I explained properly.

I will be taking the feed from my living room through an internal wall into the garage. No cables will be exposed to the elements, I just wondered if some rule is in existance that says cable must be in trunking rather than clipped to the wall with cable clips.

 

[JohnD]

I don't think I explained properly.

I will be taking the feed from my living room through an internal wall into the garage. No cables will be exposed to the elements, I just wondered if some rule is in existance that says cable must be in trunking rather than clipped to the wall with cable clips.

That's what I thought you meant