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  1. M

    Installing outdoor socket

    Hi My aim is to have an outdoor socket sited near a new garden structure approximately 5 metres from the back of the house. SWA will be used for the entire run. I have an existing external socket (IP66 without RCD) on the back of my house fitted by an electrician during a kitchen refit. It is...
  2. J

    UK Hi guys, just wanted to know if anyone knows of a single outdoor socket that has a removable fuse. I need to put 3amp fuse in it. Cheers

    Hi guys, just wanted to know if anyone knows of a single outdoor socket that has a removable fuse. I need to put 3amp fuse in it. Cheers
  3. S

    Timed outdoor socket supply

    Hi I’ve got a standard double outdoor socket that has been installed for some time, and I’d like to make the supply to it timed to run some lights in the garden in autumn/winter only. I’m planning on using a greenbrook mechanical timer, which is rated at 16a resistive and 2a inductive. I will...
  4. Ashley-Joseph

    Outdoor socket

    If I install an outdoor socket does it have to be notified to the local authority and can I test it with a multimeter with out opening the cu ?
  5. Midwest

    Opinions on outdoor socket

    I’m building a man cave/BBQ area. It has a substantial roof, a weather proof back wall, but open to the elements on the other three sides. It’s large enough so the back wall won’t be susceptible to rain etc. In the rest of the garden, I’ve used MK Masterseal sockets. However, they are a bit of...
  6. Henry_

    Outdoor socket used as junction box

    Hi, I am currently building a new outbuilding in my garden to be used as an office which will end up having a reasonable amount of power usage (Heating, multiple computers, lighting and a few other bits and bobs) and I am looking at reusing a power feed that previously ran to a shed which was...
  7. M

    Outdoor socket to internal switch

    Hi folks, I wonder if someone could enlighten me as to whether or not I could install an outdoor double RCD socket and wire it to a a pre existing internal switch? The switch itself would have been intended to be connected to an outdoor PIR and its in a new build house. The switch is wired...
  8. R

    ? Installing 2way switches into a outdoor socket circuit.

    As a newcomer here firstly I would like to say Hello to everyone. I currently have a outdoor socket at the bottom of the garden (40ft from house). This is supplied (on a radial) on a 20amp RCBO from the CU in the Garage. I would like to run low voltage garden lights from this socket. So here...
  9. Frimley111R

    Checking other circuits after fitting outdoor socket?

    Hi All, Firstly, I am not an electrician but, two of us are starting a electrical contracting business in a niche product area. Our newly qualified electrician is saying that if he fits, for example, outdoor sockets, that he has to do a ton of testing of other circuits in the house to verify...
  10. J

    2 FCU in Series for Outdoor Socket

    Hi everyone, hope you're well on this dull Sunday afternoon :) I want to add an outdoor socket for the garden and was hoping to use an existing (unused) FCU inside the house... For clarity, when we moved into the house I saw there was an FCU next to a double socket. I was told this was for an...
  11. N

    Outdoor socket flush with the ground in the garden

    Is there a problem with installing an outdoor IP65 socket flush with the ground, fed via SWA cable? Are there any regs or issues I should be aware of besides the usual when installing outdoor socket on a wall? Of course, I have to make sure it's in a location where it may not easily be...
  12. K

    Outdoor socket from isolator and heat pump

    Hi, I'm new to this forum so hopefully it is in the right section. So I'll get to the point, basically I live in an upstairs flat and have a garden out the back and to cut the grass I have to run an extension lead to the garden when I cut the grass and if I'm doing any work in there, but the...
  13. G

    CU with RCCB Main Switch and Outdoor Socket Protection

    Has anyone come across the Square D Domae consumer units, by Schneider, with an RCCB Main Switch? I have a customer who wants an outdoor socket installed? A simple job to spur off the back of a the nearest kitchen socket; run 2.5 mm2 t+e through plastic glands, 20 mm conduit and fixed bends...
  14. 0

    Outdoor socket notifiable

    Sorry to go over old ground but just need clarification. I have extended the ring main in a kitchen and customer now wants an outdoor socket. Is this now notifiable? I believe not as ammended rules state notifiable for new DB, new circuit, work in special location? Thanks.
  15. S

    Outdoor socket

    Hi.I want to put 2 christmas silhouettes at the front of my house. I'm just wondering if the socket kits you can buy from B&Q with the socket, cable & RCD plug are safe to use? I've read some stories saying they're not. Thanks
  16. S

    Outdoor socket

    Inside the garage there is a CU fed from the house on the unprotected side of the 17th edition board. Its fed by a 6mm T&E to a junction bok in a utility room, from there its a 6mm armoured that dissapears under the patio and reappears inside the garage to the CU. The CU is a 2 way mcb with a 6a...
  17. T

    Thoughts of 4g Outdoor Socket Outlets - are there any?

    Hi all, I've been looking to get hold of a 4g outdoor socket box with an appropriate IP rating (54 - 66) & 30mA RCD - I only seem to be able to find 2g options or weatherproof boxes that hold an extension lead, which I 'd prefer not to use. The requirements from the client are to supply 2...
  18. S

    outdoor socket HELPP

    Hi i already started one thread but wrote it wrong so here i go again. I have been asked to do an outdoor socket. There is already one about 10metres away. and there is also a socket inside the house within 2metres distance. The house might not have RCD protection. The socket is only going to be...
  19. S

    New outdoor socket.

    I have been asked to wire up a new outdoor socket. There already is one about 15metres away from the proposed new one. Which would be better to pick up of. The existing outdoor one or a socket from inside the house?
  20. D

    Outdoor socket.. Help please?

    As title says. Me and my dad have been thinking of doing this for a while so thought id ask for some suggestions on here. We want to put a single outdoor socket on the side of our house for a small charger which stays outside. In the house there is a double socket just over 2 feet to...

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