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Hi, I'm currently putting up my lazy spa jaccuzi. It will be positioned up the garden so I will need a socket located away from the house. I have spoke over the phone to several electriction but had several different options. One has recommended spuring of a nearby socket and another has recommended coming off the fuse board. None have came out to view the job due to the current situation with c19.
Today I have noticed that I have what I believe is a junction box out side my conservatory. This feeds one socket and a spur and has a 32 amp fuse in the board. My question is would it be possible to run armoured cable from that junction box to the new outdoor socket location?
 

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The first thing you need to be very sure of is the load of the jacuzzi. If it is already supplied with a moulded 13A plug that is simple, but some outdoor things actually need more (e.g. a commando style 16A plug or hard wired in).

Assuming it is a standard 13A socket, if you already have that junction box for something similar then taking from there is the obvious thing to do. However, and professional would do a quick check that it was OK to do so once they could see/test what is already in.
 

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