Anything wrong with this socket install?

[Pete999]

 

[Spoon]

he's partly correct there though. the regs. say it should be buried at a depth where it's not likely to be damaged by normal activities like gardening.

But he is just twisting the regs there in my opinion... You should allow for a depth greater than gardening tools like spades or forks.

in soil, the sensible depth would be around 600mm but under paving, could be a lot less.

I agree

 

[telectrix]

this one takes the biscuit for endless useless waffle.

 

[Spoon]

I do like the chalk pen though..

 

[AJshep]

Wonder why someone would do this, this is how i imagine the conversation went.

Barry - "Janet can you just come outside and video me putting up an outside socket"..

20 mins later..

Janet- " You are good Barry, that £3000 was really worth the money, maybe you could even go into teaching"

Barry- " I know, electrics is easy. Here you go, hold that.. seeing as ive got my tools out you may aswell that a video of me putting up a new light".

Janet " Ok love".

 

[Resu]

The best one is the fella that recesses the outside socket, will see if I can find it.

 

[Spoon]

Another interesting comment...
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The OSG actually states twin & E is ok "For use on exterior surface
walls, boundary walls and the like". Table 3A

 

[Pete999]

The best one is the fella that recesses the outside socket, will see if I can find it.

You mean

The best one is the fella that recesses the outside socket, will see if I can find it.

Yes Keiron

 

[Pete999]

I do like the chalk pen though..

I have one an excellent idea, works very well, got it at ELEX last year

 

[Octopus]

This interesting :

https://www.bokke-electrical.co.uk/product-page/part-p-approved-document

Charging unsuspecting customers for an out of date document, one that is freely available

Doesn't inspire confidence.

 

[Wilko]

The OSG actually states twin & E is ok "For use on exterior surface
walls, boundary walls and the like". Table 3A

Hi Spoon - This may be a development of my domestic blindness but Table 3A doesn't seem to exist in my OSG, can you assist?

 

[pirate]

Hmm...not sure about that conduit. I mean, I have used it to contain a length of T&E to an outside light, running vertically up a wall, no real risk of physical damage, just used it to protect the cable from uv degradation, but I wouldn't want it just lying on the ground. Maybe he could've put a couple of glands on it where it enters the box too...they're cheap enough.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I have used flexi black conduit for small stretches of HO7RN flex for spot lights in flower beds, use swa to the whiska box then a small stretch of flex which is put in some flexi conduit in the flower bed, ran on the top surface and the flexi conduit adds minimal extra protection to the sturdy HO7RN but Is chunky and helps the customer to to see the supply when gardening.

 

[Spoon]

Hi Spoon - This may be a development of my domestic blindness but Table 3A doesn't seem to exist in my OSG, can you assist?

Please note that this is from the 17th edition.

 

[Wilko]

Please note that this is from the 17th edition.
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Thanks! I should've been able to find it. In my one it's Appendix C Table C1 .

 

[Spoon]

Thanks! I should've been able to find it. In my one it's Appendix C Table C1 .

The PDF I have at home is an old copy.