springcrocus
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I will be taking a run of 6mm 3-core SWA down an outside wall and into a trench to supply a summer house at the bottom of the garden.
I am thinking of protecting the cable at the point it enters the ground (and at the other end, on exit) by placing the cable in a hockey-stick shaped piece of gas barrel or some other kind of tube. The opening of the tube would be sealed with a good dollop of sealant and/or a SWA boot.
Reasoning behind this is to protect the cable from lawnmower wheels etc. :_|
My questions are:
Would you bother or am I being too fussy?
If you would, what sort of pipe would you use and how high above ground level would you set the top of the pipe?
Note for Steps: The supply is TNS and I will be taking an earth connection from the house, connecting the armour at the house end but not at the shed end. Wondering about banging a rod in at the other end as well. ]
I am thinking of protecting the cable at the point it enters the ground (and at the other end, on exit) by placing the cable in a hockey-stick shaped piece of gas barrel or some other kind of tube. The opening of the tube would be sealed with a good dollop of sealant and/or a SWA boot.
Reasoning behind this is to protect the cable from lawnmower wheels etc. :_|
My questions are:
Would you bother or am I being too fussy?
If you would, what sort of pipe would you use and how high above ground level would you set the top of the pipe?
Note for Steps: The supply is TNS and I will be taking an earth connection from the house, connecting the armour at the house end but not at the shed end. Wondering about banging a rod in at the other end as well. ]