Hi All,
New to the forum, looking for some advice.
I'm a fairly competent DIYer and have completed some other minor electrical stuff recently... I'm looking to install some outdoor lights in my new house as currently have none. There is no existing lighting circuit outside or sockets, however there is an outdoor terminal connecting the power supply to the garage to the feed from the consumer unit in the utility room (pictured).
I spoke to an electrician recently and he said the outdoor lighting circuit could be taken from this, though he was asking for an obscene amount of money for the job...
My question is, can I essentially spur off this point to create a lighting circuit? I understand that I would need to first put in a switch fused spur to downrate to 5A then run to a switch and subsequently the lights - is this right? I would have the switch fused spur and switches also on the exterior wall to save any internal mess being created.
In the picture, the grey cable feeding from back come from the consumer unit in the house and the black cable then feeds to another smaller consumer unit in the garage (powering a socket circuit and a light circuit).
Thanks for any help in advance!
New to the forum, looking for some advice.
I'm a fairly competent DIYer and have completed some other minor electrical stuff recently... I'm looking to install some outdoor lights in my new house as currently have none. There is no existing lighting circuit outside or sockets, however there is an outdoor terminal connecting the power supply to the garage to the feed from the consumer unit in the utility room (pictured).
I spoke to an electrician recently and he said the outdoor lighting circuit could be taken from this, though he was asking for an obscene amount of money for the job...
My question is, can I essentially spur off this point to create a lighting circuit? I understand that I would need to first put in a switch fused spur to downrate to 5A then run to a switch and subsequently the lights - is this right? I would have the switch fused spur and switches also on the exterior wall to save any internal mess being created.
In the picture, the grey cable feeding from back come from the consumer unit in the house and the black cable then feeds to another smaller consumer unit in the garage (powering a socket circuit and a light circuit).
Thanks for any help in advance!
- TL;DR
- Looking to install some outdoor lights. Can I spur from a junction box that connects my garage power supply to the feed coming from the consumer unit in the house?
