T&E outside

[Hager]

Hi
Can i lay T&E or Arctic grade outside in this conduit it will be layed about 50cm undergound?
(The conduit
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_In...it/index.html#Flexible_Contactor_Pack_AF20BS)

If not is there any way of doing it with out SWA cable.

Thanks
Jake [/url]

 

[martinxxxxxx]

No you cannot use the conduit in the way you have suggested


Yes

Have the DNO put a seperate suppy to the garage.

I have de ja vue on this thread?

Martin

 

[Hager]

OK i will get the DNO out

Thanks
Jake

 

[chapeau]

If not is there any way of doing it with out SWA cable.

Thanks
Jake

You can suspend a suitable cable from a catenary if you don't want to put it underground but there are regulations on height above ground etc.

 

[Hager]

could try that but it's 20 meters away. could run it along the fence.

Thanks
jake

 

[chapeau]

The closest power station is about 15 miles away from here and you wouldn't believe it but only the last few hundred metres go underground.

 

[bongos]

OK i will get the DNO out

Thanks
Jake

Is this from your house to your shed?

It would be madness to get the DNO out for a new supply 20 metres from your house if you only need a normal size shed supply. Why can't SWA be used?

You can't run artic cable/t+e along a fence either. SWA you might though...

 

[Hager]

Yes it's from the house to the shed all it needs is about 20A. All i need is
1X double socket (no really going to be used)
1X CEE socket for power tools (only used a weekends)
4X40W lamps (used an hour a week)
1X 80W Heater (on all the time)

I think that martinxxxxxx may have been taking the mick
I don't like SWA it's to hard to install. I might get an electrician to do it for me

OK i will leave the Artic cable and T&E idea

Thanks
Jake

 

[Spark123]

I think that martinxxxxxx may have been taking the mick
I don't like SWA it's to hard to install. I might get an electrician to do it for me

Hard to install
You are correct, you need an electrician.
What voltage ceeform?

 

[Hager]

It's just the glands i find hard

the CEE is 240V

i will get an electrician

 

[martinxxxxxx]

Not taking the mick, you asked for alternatives, I suggested one. Really you already know the answer to this question from when you last asked it in September.

I understand why you would want to look for cheaper ways, but I don't think there are any; sorry.

Martin

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It's just the glands i find hard

Well practice then, it's not hard.

 

[flameport]

If you want to use conduit underground, it will have to be galvanised steel.
If you think SWA is difficult, you will find conduit impossible.

Instructions for SWA are here - with pictures:
//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:installation_techniques:swa_gland

 

[securespark]

could try that but it's 20 meters away. could run it along the fence.

Thanks
jake

Cannot recall the latest reg for this, but securing cables to fences was forbidden in the 14th, so I'm sure it will be now.

 

[Hager]

Thank you MartinXXXXXX sorry for the understanding
The shed i asked about last september was out first 1 this is our 2nd right at the bottom of the garden as SWA coms with a price.

Right i will get SWA

Thanks guys
Jake