So I'm planning to move my outdoor aircon unit which runs at 15a. It is currently wired by means of an SWA cable to an isolating switch and then ongoing rubber cable ho7rn-f to the appliance itself.
I want to move the unit 1.5M to where that blue plastic and plant pots are currently. It is definitely a little used side of the house (hence the rubbish building up there).
Obviously the easiest thing would be to just run a slightly longer length or rubber cable clipped to the house (method a). But at waist height it in theory could get damaged. So should I instead fit an swa junction box where the existing switch is and then run a new length of swa to a new switch on top of the new aircon unit (method b)?
The first method (clipping new ho7ny rubber to the wall) is obviously less work but is it good enough?
P.S. As I'm writing this I'm thinking to do it "properly". I suppose the rolls royce solution (method c) would be to remove the existing swa and replace it with a longer length. That _really_ would be a ballache.
I want to move the unit 1.5M to where that blue plastic and plant pots are currently. It is definitely a little used side of the house (hence the rubbish building up there).
Obviously the easiest thing would be to just run a slightly longer length or rubber cable clipped to the house (method a). But at waist height it in theory could get damaged. So should I instead fit an swa junction box where the existing switch is and then run a new length of swa to a new switch on top of the new aircon unit (method b)?
The first method (clipping new ho7ny rubber to the wall) is obviously less work but is it good enough?
P.S. As I'm writing this I'm thinking to do it "properly". I suppose the rolls royce solution (method c) would be to remove the existing swa and replace it with a longer length. That _really_ would be a ballache.
