SWA or steel conduit?

[Gaz Bryan]

Evenin all. Started a job today rewiring a garage only to find that the feed to the garage is spurred off a radial in the house. So a new feed is required. I'm going to run a 4mm cable out to the garage to feed a light circuit and a radial cct for the sockets via a cu.
The majority of the cable run is inside but approx 5 feet of the run is going to be on the outside wall.
Now the question is would you run the exposed cable through a length of steel conduit or would you use SWA either for the whole run or just the exposed part?

 

[pushrod]

If you can mount it high up on the outside wall and it is not in direct sunlight i would not bother with either. If it is in sunlight it would be cheaper and easier to use plastic conduit. I would only go with the other options if it is likely to be exposed to impact

 

[Hawk81]

plastic conduit or hituff for me

 

[Gaz Bryan]

It will be in direct sunlight and at a height of about 6 foot 6. It should be fairly safe but it'll be in the sort of corner that is ideal for storing ladders or such like.

 

[bugsy]

Swa for entire run

 

[sparks1234]

plastic conduit, it is then easy to terminate into your consumer units etc

 

[pjhill]

i would put it in plastic conduit

 

[pennywise]

Hi-Tuff for me as well maybe only as I've got a couple of full drums otherwise it's SWA

 

[Gaz Bryan]

Cheers for all the replies, I'm going to give it some thought over a pint. Or maybe two.

 

[yellow-zed]

If its gonna be in direct sunlight wouldn't use PVC?

Go for SWA safest option