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  1. 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 ??
  2. B

    DIY Extension lead in hose pipe for external power to shed

    Hi all, looking for advice, based in the UK. I have a 30m long garden with shed at bottom that I want to run an extension lead to on a permanent basis. Use is for power tools (drill, jigsaw) plus lamp in the winter so neither constant nor heavy usage. Currently I run a single 40m reel...
    • Blackemerald
    • Thread
    • diy extension extension lead external external power lead in outdoor permanent power protection shed
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  3. C

    Suggestion for outdoor receptacle or USB port

    Under my garage eave, I have 2 floodlights. They are hard wired to the wiring and have larger round casings. I really want to remove one of these floodlights and replace it with a receptacle for a wifi camera. Ideally I'd be able to replace it with a USB port, but I guess I could always use an...
  4. J

    Outdoor lights

    Hi all I'm in the process of finishing wiring in outdoor lights. First thing is there was already lights outside the garage so I replaced these last year and add a light sensor. Which were feed from the lights mcb on the non rcd side of the board. Which have been working. Now I'm installing 2...
  5. E

    Will my outdoor 240 V sauna stove work with a 200 ft 8/3 wire?

    Hi I'd like to install a 240 volt single phase sauna stove at a distance of about 200 ft from my main panel. The main panel has a 40 amp GFI breaker and an 8/3 exterior wire that goes into a sub panel in my workshop. The 8/3 is inside of a black 1" pvc 50 ft long flexible water pipe. I'd like...
  6. H

    Outdoor lighting - adding to existing

    Hi all, Based in UK (not US although this is showing for some reason). New here but have a few electrical projects planned. Firstly, I have 2no outdoor lights served by a single switch (see attached photograph). I am doing the garden (new decking) and intend to add - 4no LED post lights -...
  7. L

    Outdoor lights and sockets

    Hi, I’ve been asked to install some outdoor sockets and lights for a decking area where a hot tub is being put in. There is a garage which has a 2.5mm armoured cable into a fused spur with the load side feed garage lights on a 3a fuse and the supply side feeding some garage sockets. I was...
  8. Bobby34

    UK Outdoor lighting conduit

    Good morning hope everyone is staying safe. I have a question for some of the more experienced sparks, I have a client that wants her outdoor corner light replaced with a PIR and at the same time another light added above the door further along the wall. She has bought an oval bulkhead light...
  9. Dan Carroll

    Outdoor wiring help

    Morning all Bit of advice please. I have a dedicated distribution circuit that was set up for a garage, that was never built, to the outside of my house. Its 6mm twin and CPC fed from a 32amp MCB. It now terminates into an outdoor double socket. I want to extend the circuit and put some...
  10. S

    Outdoor Led strip light

    Hi all I’m new here. I’ve just installed 25m of ip68 led strip lights round my garden. 8w per meter. They came on just a plug top. Installed it all then plugged in brilliant. Just what we wanted. Now I’ve cut the plug off and gone through a photocell. But now when they come on at dusk they...
  11. M

    Outdoor pir lights

    I have one outdoor light with a pir, can I just add another pir light to the same switch and run the cable to that one ?
    • Michael Dale
    • Thread
    • another cable light lights outdoor outside outside light pir pir lights switch
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  12. R

    Outdoor t&e - EICR fault code?

    Hi all The subject says it all - there's a lot of outside exposed clipped t&e out there with all the attendant physical protection and UV issues. Question is - should it have a fault code on a report? I guess it would be a C3 at most, but should it feature at all? Cheers
  13. 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...
  14. M

    Outdoor Receptacles not working

    Bought this house in August 2019. Home inspector noted that the outdoor receptacles are connected to the GFI in one of the bathrooms. Not ideal, but both were working at the time. Over the winter, I replaced every receptacle and light switch in my home. It is legal in my town for the home owner...
  15. T

    Another outdoor power thread... seems the time for it!

    As usual – I preface this with the fact that I will be engaging the work of an electrician to do this.. however, I like to get my head around the works beforehand. This will NOT be a DIY job – I’m nowhere near skilled enough to contemplate such a thing… but with that caveat in mind – humour me...
  16. M

    UK Advice on outdoor circuit please

    Hi All, Appreciate some advice on an outdoor socket and lighting circuit please. I currently have an outdoor socket on my house, that i believe to be a spur from a 32A ring. I would like to extend this out to decking for some lights and sockets, and onward to a shed for a couple of lights and...
  17. O

    Outdoor Outlet Placement/Install

    Hello, We are making changes to our backyard and needed to move an existing 2 gang outlet. We have existing outlet at the other end of the yard. We are wiring the existing outlet to the 2 gang outlet, but need help on where to mount the 2 gang. As you can see from the attached pictures, we...
  18. G

    Outdoor Circuit?

    Firstly, please excuse the volume of posts. I’m finally getting round to all the jobs I’ve been promising the wife for in some cases years. i purchased a Knightsbridge IP663g outdoor switching box with the idea to run 2 small lighting circuits in my Bbq area approx 15 m from the house. The...
  19. J

    outdoor light cable

    Hi i had an seperate circuit put around the house for outside wall lights with its own mcb. I told him where i wanted to eventually fit the lights (wall lanterns around 3 meter of ground level) he drilled the holes for the cable to pass through to the outside on each light location and also ran...
  20. naylorpd

    Connector for outdoor floodlight

    I have some outdoor floodlights at home in Azerbaijan, which need replacing. The way they are connected is in the photos - cable through the stone base then up into a waterproof box through a gland. The problem is that the newer model floodlights that I can buy have much shorter cables -...

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