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    Outdoor socket, regs, spur.

    We have an outdoor socket that is hard wired into the ground floor power circuit and protected with an rcd in the consumer unit. I now plan to add a spur from this outside socket via armoured cable to a new socket further down the garden. Question Should we install a double pole switch on this...
  2. P

    Suggestions for 230V 32A interlocked outdoor socket

    I see a lot more IP44 options, nominally OK for outdoor use (no special area, etc) but wondered if they are OK in practice? Also if anyone has the good, the bad, and the ugly of related brands.
  3. S

    Regulations Question UK outdoor socket

    I guess there are a thousand question like this, but I couldn't quite get if I can do this myself or need an electrician. I have a garage separated from the house that has it's own supply (a big armoured cable that comes from the house) that goes into a 10A RCBO (exactly this guy: GE DP100...
  4. N

    UK Timer control of outdoor socket

    Is it ok to control an outdoor double socket with a programmable switched timer - the type usually used for lighting? The sockets are for a pond pump and filter which use c 35w while the timer switch wd be mounted in a shed and on a 6a mcb. My sparky didn’t sound concerned - he basically said...
  5. P

    Outdoor weatherproof socket IP66 with RCD

    Hi, I am a basic DIY'er, with basic electrical skills, NB, I can change a plug/fuse, change a ceiling light fitting, change a socket face plate, install a ceiling fan, immersion heater, extractor fan, etc. I already have one external outdoor weatherproof IP66 double socket at one end of my...
  6. HoneycombEchoRomeo

    UK Outdoor Socket + Lighting Advice

    Hi Guys, Wondering if someone can advise me if i can do the following. I just want the wiring to be neat and tidy and not have so many outside, also happy to hear your recommendations of course! RCD FCU to Outdoor Double Socket using 2.5mm > From Outdoor Socket to another FCU with 3amp fuse...
  7. RLithe

    Outdoor socket to replace existing indoor one

    Good afternoon. I’ve recently moved into my new home. I’ve taken down a conservatory and bagged up the existing indoor socket that is now exposed to the elements. I’ve bought an outdoor socket and I’m looking to simply replace the existing one, using the existing wires. There isn’t a recess...
  8. Z

    Exterior festoon lights - attached to interior light switch - how?

    We wanted to hang festoon lights in the garden and have them switched from inside the house and my builder (4 years ago) installed a '10A 3 Pin Weathertight Socket'* on the exterior wall of our house. Now we are (finally) trying to get the lights and all the festoon lights I can find have...
    • zapmenot
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    • attached exterior exterior lighting festoon light light switch lights outdoor socket switch
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  9. S

    Is there an outdoor socket for this type of low voltage plug?

    I have bought some net led lights that are permanently installed outside. The problem is, I don't have an outdoor socket. And the socket in the shed is too far away. I can buy an extension to the low voltage lead, for around £10 delivered, but I'd ideally like to plug it in outside. All the...
  10. B

    Can I connect an outdoor socket to a junction box which feeds my garage?

    Hi, I’m looking at adding an external socket on my house. I have a external junction box which is fed from the main consumer unit, in the junction box is a connector block which feeds a SWA cable which goes under my patio to my garage. In the garage is a smaller consumer unit which has a socket...
    • banksey88
    • Thread
    • box connect feeds garage junction junction box outdoor outdoor socket socket
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. Doomed

    Outdoor socket on post

    Need a smart looking outdoor socket on a post, either single or double. Needs to be lockable. Best I could find is the Rolec camping site pillars, but they are too big and in your face (and they are not lockable) It is for a disabled buggy charging point, but it will be near the front of a new...
  12. FatAlan

    Outdoor socket brand recommendations

    Anyone have a go to outdoor socket brand for quality / reliability? Looking to revamp a customers garden socket which funnily enough stopped working as it was attached to the side some decking and was then buried in soil from the adjacent flowerbed ?. Also, are there any ranges that have a...
  13. A

    EICR unsatisfacory

    The home buyer surveyor recommended an EICR on a property I intend to purchase, because the sellers made some changes to circuits. The house is built in 1973/74 and had a garage conversion into an office and a wall removed to convert the kitchen and dining room into an open plan kitchen in...
  14. J

    Outdoor Socket Supply

    Hi all I am in the process of having some garden renovations done and would like to have an additional outdoor socket installed. I have a Cabin in the garden; a 10mm cable runs from the DB on a 32a RCBO up to an exterior Wiska box, where it connects to a SWA and runs underground to the cabin...
  15. M

    Outdoor socket

    Hi, In my apartment I want to put an outdoor socket on the balcony. I am thinking of spurring of a socket that is directly behind it (indoor) which is in a ring circuit and is RCD protected at the consumer unit, my plan would be to drill directly out the back of of the indoor socket back box...
  16. Click Aquip outdoor sockets and switches

    Click Aquip outdoor sockets and switches

    A range of weatherproof outdoor switches with a choice to install either our 10AX MiniGrid or 20AX GridPro Modules. Building on Scolmore’s reputation for supplying quick and flexible solutions, the IP66 rated weatherproof socket and switch enclosures offer users a single fix installation - with...
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  17. E

    Outdoor socket

    I am going to put a socket into some brickwork surrounding a BBQ area. Now all the external sockets I have seen are all surface ones about 3 inches deep this sort of skt. Now I thought of using the type of socket one gets on the outside wall of a caravan like this which will sit more flush to...
  18. S

    Adding outdoor socket

    Hi guys adding and outdoor socket for a hot tub just thinking should I come off the socket ring as there is a socket on the other side of the wall or would it be better to add fused spur and add the out door socket that way so it could be turned off and on ??
  19. Pinners27

    fused spur to garage and outdoor socket

    i had an electrician out and they fitted a switched fused spur on to an existing double gang socket in my kitchen to run power out to my garage. At a later date another electrician then ran another outdoor socket off of the double gang socket. I'm now having some new patio doors installed and...
  20. M

    Installing outdoor socket

    Hi My aim is to have an outdoor socket sited near a new garden structure approximately 5 metres from the back of the house. SWA will be used for the entire run. I have an existing external socket (IP66 without RCD) on the back of my house fitted by an electrician during a kitchen refit. It is...

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