Garden Lighting Help for a novice

[centrium]

Hi

I have just come accross these forums looking for some advice on installing some garden lighting.

What I want to do is connect up a series of 4 uplighters on to my fence and have these connected to a light switch in the living room. An electrican said they would take the spur of one of the double sockets into a fused spur which Im guessing would be wired up to the switch.

My Dad is kindly donating some armoured cable, not sure of the spec so I can run a cable run under the ground, however since I am not an electrcian by any means, I dont know else I need to buy to connect these lights together, I had a sparky explain that they would take a cable of the armoured cable to each of the lights, however does this mean I need a junction box for each of the lights, to take the cable off?

Any help will be appreciated. Not that it forms part of the question, but I also plan to have a security light connected up to the switch as well.

Thanks

 

[Spark123]

You'd be better getting the sparky to advise, also find out what size armoured cable you have.
It may be possible to tee off the armoured in a watertight enclosure up to each light, but unless you know what you are doing better left to a pro.

 

[centrium]

Thanks.

I'll find out what cable is.

Fron the sounds of it I think it will need to be tee'd of, but these waterproof junctions looked pretty pricey.

Although to be honest I only checked out what was available on screwfix.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Fron the sounds of it I think it will need to be tee'd of, but these waterproof junctions looked pretty pricey.

They aren't easy to make - water can be very determined.

Where do you need them - above or below ground? What IP rating will suffice?

Although to be honest I only checked out what was available on screwfix.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Accessories_Index/Cable_Joints/index.html

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Accessories_Index/Cable_Joints_1/index.html

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Accessories_Index/Joints_Resin_Filled/index.html

 

[centrium]

thanks for the advice the tee joints, these are the sort of thing I was looking at, looking at those IP68 seems to be pretty much around the area I'd be happy with, I think the above ground ones would work as I can connect the tee connectors to the base of the fence post.