Powerbreaker Outdoor socket kits at B&Q.

[kai]

Powerbreaker Outdoor socket kits at B&Q.

Whilst stocks last - B&Q are selling Powerbreaker outdoor socket kits for just GBP 8.49. a big reduction from the normal GBP 29.99.

The kit consists of a waterproof outdoor socket, with 3m cable, and a RCD plug, which is simply plugged into a convenient indoor socket, avoiding the need for disturbing the house ring main or Part P to be involved.

 

[breezer]

whoopee, and its only at your b n q

 

[Spark123]

I'll disagree with part p not being involved though, wether or not anyone cares is another matter

 

[daytona]

agree with that spark,lots of people seem to think its ok to wire out an entire shed or garage,bang it on a plugtop and leave it

 

[RF Lighting]

Done wrong it will still kill you, regardless of wether it is plugged in, or hard wired.

Makes perfect sense to require notification for some stuff powered off a plugtop aswell.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why does it need to be a waterproof socket?

 

[Spark123]

Yep, even fed by a plugtop the work falls under the scope of part p, just a lot of people seem to think that if it is just plugged in then it doesn't.
If that was true, you could get around part p by installing a 125A ceeform on your meter tails

 

[Spark123]

Why does it need to be a waterproof socket?

With it going outside, will probably be weatherproof.

 

[kai]

For interest, between September 2004 and December 2004, my local electrical wholesaler sold a very large amount of waterproof outdoor sockets, probably by home owners trying to beat the Part P "gold rush" in time for 31st December 2004.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

With it going outside, will probably be weatherproof.

So when it rains do you:

1) Bring it indoors?

2) Leave the window or door through which you passed the flex open?

3) Unplug it and put the RCD plug out in the rain?

 

[Spark123]

I envisaged it is one of those horrible kits which you mount the socket on the outside wall, feed a piece of flex through the wall from it and stick the RCD plug on the end of it indoors:
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/skins/popups/scene7.jsp?skuId=9674977

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Which makes it permanent, and therefore within the scope of Part P.

 

[breezer]

not if you unplug it it isnt (oh and use the wrong plugs so it falls off the wall)

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Yes - beg psrdon - "permanent" was the wirng word. "Fixed" is what I should have said. It's fixed, therefore within the scope of Part P.

 

[IJWS15]

I am just getting her indoors to accept that I cannot legally install wiring in the garden (why would I want to light up the garden anyway). Don't anyone go giving her ideas that I could do it by bending the rules.