Hi all,
I've got power running to the garage but the previous owner achieved this by running 6mm T&E direct from the CU at the front of the house, under the floorboards of the first floor, out the back of the house and along some fence panels in conduit, to the garage. The conduit is screwed to the fence panels.
I want to make this safe. I don't want to do a whole new cable run of SWA from the CU as this will be a right pain so can I take the T&E into a waterproof junction box as soon as it comes outside (through the back of the box) and continue the run with SWA, from this junction box, down the house wall, clipped along the dwarf wall under the fence panels, and into the garage? And will 2.5mm SWA be okay for this purpose? The MCB for the garage, in the CU, is rated at 32A. The current run of 6mm T&E is about 20m, with about 8m running outside.
Thanks,
Paul.
I've got power running to the garage but the previous owner achieved this by running 6mm T&E direct from the CU at the front of the house, under the floorboards of the first floor, out the back of the house and along some fence panels in conduit, to the garage. The conduit is screwed to the fence panels.
I want to make this safe. I don't want to do a whole new cable run of SWA from the CU as this will be a right pain so can I take the T&E into a waterproof junction box as soon as it comes outside (through the back of the box) and continue the run with SWA, from this junction box, down the house wall, clipped along the dwarf wall under the fence panels, and into the garage? And will 2.5mm SWA be okay for this purpose? The MCB for the garage, in the CU, is rated at 32A. The current run of 6mm T&E is about 20m, with about 8m running outside.
Thanks,
Paul.