RedArcher68
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Just wondered if there was a socket similar to a standard household socket but with increased IP rating (I know a garden socket - I was hoping for something in between).Given the outdoor environment you have a limited choice as the accessories will need to have a suitable IP rating
I’m building the wall around the installation. The concrete blocks have two hollow cores each so I’m trying to decide best routes for cabling/ conduit and best place for sockets to eliminate risk of getting wet from rain.Why given that the installation is outdoors
Are you building the wall around this installation or are you chasing it into a finished wall
No - If I found the answers within my search I wouldn’t have bothered the forum. I’m not looking for answers to fit-in with my preferences. I’m looking for the right answers to do it right. On this when I say I couldn’t find the answers, what I was referring to was, I couldn’t find an outbuilding with two open sides, therefore found no information on what you can and cannot do.Is it that the search results are not compatible with what you want to do
So I asked.
Exactly - Something less obtrusive - Not as obtrusive as I like with the IP66 but looks like it could work - ThanksI find it worrying that you are even asking this
Have you thought of using https://www.electricpoint.com/mk-ma...SgsL59Py7yBSOAka-sd9E2hIizqVzPYUaAqOdEALw_wcB
with the MK outdoor sockets, I have used quite a few and they make the outdoor sockets less obtrusive
The SWA won’t be buried in the wall - Not sure where this came from!! Standard electrical wire will be used from seating area fuse boardBurying SWA cable in a wall is asking for future problems you would probably be better using plastic conduit
The mind boggles as to what "fuse board" you are going to install and where you are going to install it for the outside seating area
House consumer unit —-> SWA —-> Seating area small consumer unit.
Installed in a cupboard within the gazebo
Yes - I know it’s not required but rather safe then sorryI assume you mean you are installing SWA in underground ducting
I’m trying to cover all possible options. If I install conduit in the wall which isn’t used I’m fine with that should my plans change.And the big question, given this is a DIY project how do you intend to test and verify the finished installation complies with and meets the requirements of BS7671 so you can
I’ll be installing back boxes and conduit ensuring everything is accessible and easily for sparky to feed cables through.
Family Friend will be wiring it up.
This is why there are no silly question just silly answers!!!minimise the risk of a fatality
Thanks UNG much appreciated for you time and comments.