I want to run a socket to my garage to power a fridge. I have a socket located by my back door and was planning on running armoured cable from this socket via a fused spur to the garage. I have been given the cable today and with it two glands. These have confused me. Do I need them? How do I connect them? Can I do without them and just wire straight to the socket/spur?
Running socket to garage armoured cable
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Thanks for the reply just a few questions though
1- when you mount the base of the gland (3rd picture) what is the earth cable attached to?
2- what cable should I use to go from the existing plug to the spur?
1- when you mount the base of the gland (3rd picture) what is the earth cable attached to?
2- what cable should I use to go from the existing plug to the spur?
The cable pictured will be connected to the CPC/earth of the circuit
What distance will the cable run?
What cable CSA was you given?
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1- sorry if I'm being a bit thick but I'm new to this. Having looked online am I right in thinking this cable is called an earth fly lead? By CPC do you mean it connects to the socket eart terminal as well as the earth from the armoured cable
2- it will be running 1M at max
2- it will be running 1M at max
1) Some will call it a fly lead, some a pigtail and I guess other terms are often used, but yes.
This connects the the CPC (circuit protective conductor), you may use the term earth but not strictly correct. But it should have continuity to the mass of earth.
2) For socket being feed from a 13A FCU, 1.5mm cable could be used over that distance.
You will require RCD protection for the socket.
This connects the the CPC (circuit protective conductor), you may use the term earth but not strictly correct. But it should have continuity to the mass of earth.
2) For socket being feed from a 13A FCU, 1.5mm cable could be used over that distance.
You will require RCD protection for the socket.
Circuit Protective Conductor - the proper name for the earth wire.
The fly lead connects the armour to the origin earth.
If the socket which is to be spurred is on a Ring Final Circuit it will be advisable to connect a Fused Connector Unit to the socket (this will allow you to have more than one socket or a light in the garage, but be limited to a total of 13A) and then to the swa box with the same size cable as the swa, presumably 2.5mm² but dependent on the total run for volt drop reasons, which is the distance PBoD meant.
If possible you could run the swa inner sheath through the box to this FCU.
Should the socket be on a Radial Final Circuit and be wired in 4mm² (probably not) then the FCU would not be required.
There are probably a lot of other things of which you are unaware including testing to ensure it is safe before energising.
It would be advisable to engage an electrician who is willing to let you do the donkey work under supervision.
So I thought.
1- does this fly lead connect to the metal screw inside the metal socket box?
I did but then OP answered, with regards to distance between FCU and Socket being 1M.
So we/I would also want to know the distance of the SWA route and the size of the CSA, which has not yet been given.
Distance of swa is approx 15M
The fly lead connects to the metal backbox then to the outlet plate earth terminal, you should also have a CPC from the cores within the SWA.
1) SWA CSA is required also distance of this from source to garage?
Sorry getting a bit lost now. What I thought would be quite simple has got very complicated
sorry did not notice one of your replies, for 15M of SWA.
But it important to know the circumferance surface area of this cable,
i.e. is it 1.5mm, 2.5mm, 4.00mm, 6.00mm, 10.0mm, 16.0mm?
You said you had be given this cable.......
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