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So I have been asked to install 2 garden post lights in and I was going to use a 3 amp fcu from the ring using 2.5mm then into a juntionbox with 1.5mm swa burried more than 600mm deep and concrete the posts in the ground. Just wondering if this was the correct way before I start ?
 
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Why 1.5mm for 3A? Is it a long run?
 
There is nothing stopping you from using 1mm or 1.5mm. If you already have some 1.5mm then there is not much point in buying some 1mm.
 
What have cable manufacturers got against 1.0mm SWA???
 
When I installed almost identical posts to the ones in that picture,they were secured to the concrete by drilling rather than being concreted in
I ran swa to a conduit box and flex up the post
 
Might be easier to run earthed conduit under the ground and wire in singles
 
Some of the slimmer bollard lights are too thin to fit a conduit box in. These look very similar to the last set of these I had to install...caught me out, ended up using resin Y joints buried adjacent to bollard, with a tail up into the bollard connected directly to the lampholder.
 

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