My Kids have decided that they want a pond in the garden.
As luck would have it the best place for the pond is about three feet from the corner of my garage that has power.
I’ve been out looking at the bits I need to build the pond and the flex from the pump and filter is long enough to go straight through the garage wall where I intend to connect them to one of these.
The spare switches are in case anything else will need adding in the future. (Lights or fountain for example.)
This I intend to power this from an RCD FCU, or a 1 gang RCD Spur, taken from an existing socket in the garage. (The garage has its own non RCD CU providing two RCD radial sockets. No heavy loads just a freezer, battery charger and dehumidifier.)
My questions are,
1. Is it OK to rum the flex straight trough to the garage as it’s such a short run. (I keep on reading that SWA must be used outdoors but even if I do this there will still be a run of the flex from this to the filter and pump.)
2. If it is OK should I use some sort of conduit for the three foot run to the garage and if so what conduit is best.
3. What is best to use to connect to the power, The RCD FCU or the RCD Spur? (Or are these the same thing with different names?)
4. Should all the above be OK is the work notifiable as all the connections will be indoors.
Any advice will be very much appreciated.
Many thanks Mottsy
As luck would have it the best place for the pond is about three feet from the corner of my garage that has power.
I’ve been out looking at the bits I need to build the pond and the flex from the pump and filter is long enough to go straight through the garage wall where I intend to connect them to one of these.
The spare switches are in case anything else will need adding in the future. (Lights or fountain for example.)
This I intend to power this from an RCD FCU, or a 1 gang RCD Spur, taken from an existing socket in the garage. (The garage has its own non RCD CU providing two RCD radial sockets. No heavy loads just a freezer, battery charger and dehumidifier.)
My questions are,
1. Is it OK to rum the flex straight trough to the garage as it’s such a short run. (I keep on reading that SWA must be used outdoors but even if I do this there will still be a run of the flex from this to the filter and pump.)
2. If it is OK should I use some sort of conduit for the three foot run to the garage and if so what conduit is best.
3. What is best to use to connect to the power, The RCD FCU or the RCD Spur? (Or are these the same thing with different names?)
4. Should all the above be OK is the work notifiable as all the connections will be indoors.
Any advice will be very much appreciated.
Many thanks Mottsy