SWA cable to outdoor lighting

[Big G]

I am currently in the planning stages for a few electrical projects that I have on the go. All of these are Part P so I will need to either get a proper sparky in or do the work myself and get the work signed off.

One of the jobs is to fit some sort of driveway lighting. We currently have some low voltage lighting installed which is not adequate.

Down the side of our driveway we have lots of bushes with our boundary wall behind. The preferred option is to place some light bollards within the bushes. However, digging down two feet to lay a cable will be near impossible with all the trees/bushes.

The wall behind the bushes is in a dilapidated state and will be getting replaced with a fence next year. I've heard that it is not legal to attach cable to a fence but you are allowed to attach it to a wall. Is this correct?

Would the following be legal? Put the fence posts in (4 inch posts - 6 foot apart). Build a low wall (12 inch high) between the posts. Use this wall as a route for the SWA cable to be attached to (this would mean that the cable would have to bridge the 4 inch posts). Fit some low energy lights to the posts - about 4 in total for the 75 foot drive.

Failing that, I'll buy a torch.


Many thanks

Gordon

 

[ricicle]

Everything else aside (cable size, fault protection etc) the install method of the cable sounds fine as long as there is no chance of mechanical damage (car , lawnmower etc) as SWA can still be damaged even though it is armoured.

 

[Belle427]

sounds ok to me