Having has some deckiling laid, I am in the process of designing my lighting for the area and I wondered if this is an option.
I want to install some LED lighting AND have 5 seperate 10w deck lights both working seperate from each other.
At present, I have 4.5mm (not 100%) SWA cable from my CU in the house, feeding a CU in my garage. This cable is clipped 30cm from the floor into the concrete base panel of a fence behind hedging. In the garage I have a circuit for my lights, and a seperate sircuit for my sockets. The only thing permanently plugged in is my freezer.
I don't fancy ripping up my carpet in the house to run a fresh cable rub from the house to feed the proposed outside lights. So heres my plan;
1) Run a 2.5mm SWA from a spare fuse from the garage clipped along the fence in a similar fashion to the cable feeding the garage. THis will go to an outside weatherproof double socket.
2) From the double socket, I would plug two extensions A and B into a weather proof box where I would house my transformer for the 10w lights, and two seperate plug sockets A and B. Socket A would match up with Socket A on the outside socket and feed my LED lights. Scoket B would match with B outside and run my 10w lighting with the transformer.
If I wanted my LED's on I flick the switch for A, and if I wanted the 10w lighting on I would switch B. If I wanted them all on, I would switch both.
Please don't flame me, but offer and helpful advice, as I want a safe solution in my mind before approaching a spark to do the connecting. I would do the prep work.
Many thanks
I want to install some LED lighting AND have 5 seperate 10w deck lights both working seperate from each other.
At present, I have 4.5mm (not 100%) SWA cable from my CU in the house, feeding a CU in my garage. This cable is clipped 30cm from the floor into the concrete base panel of a fence behind hedging. In the garage I have a circuit for my lights, and a seperate sircuit for my sockets. The only thing permanently plugged in is my freezer.
I don't fancy ripping up my carpet in the house to run a fresh cable rub from the house to feed the proposed outside lights. So heres my plan;
1) Run a 2.5mm SWA from a spare fuse from the garage clipped along the fence in a similar fashion to the cable feeding the garage. THis will go to an outside weatherproof double socket.
2) From the double socket, I would plug two extensions A and B into a weather proof box where I would house my transformer for the 10w lights, and two seperate plug sockets A and B. Socket A would match up with Socket A on the outside socket and feed my LED lights. Scoket B would match with B outside and run my 10w lighting with the transformer.
If I wanted my LED's on I flick the switch for A, and if I wanted the 10w lighting on I would switch B. If I wanted them all on, I would switch both.
Please don't flame me, but offer and helpful advice, as I want a safe solution in my mind before approaching a spark to do the connecting. I would do the prep work.
Many thanks