Armoured cable size 1.5

[123bill]

Hello all ,
In the garden there is 1.5 3 core armoured cable running from the exterior wall to an outside socket , the power is from a socket inside the house (on the interior of the same wall) I know the sockets are wired in 2.5 but why is the armoured 1.5 ? Thanks

 

[Wilko]

Hi - 1.5 is the smallest conductor size for an outlet.

 

[123bill]

So is that safe or do I need to remove it ?

 

[Dustydazzler]

If it’s a spur off the 32a ring circuit then it should really be in 2,5 swa

but in reality for 1 Single socket 1.5 swa clipped outside will never get overloaded and is fine imo

 

[Pete999]

Hello all ,
In the garden there is 1.5 3 core armoured cable running from the exterior wall to an outside socket , the power is from a socket inside the house (on the interior of the same wall) I know the sockets are wired in 2.5 but why is the armoured 1.5 ? Thanks

Cus that was all the Person that installed it had in his Van at the time probably, or he mistook it for 2.5mm2

 

[123bill]

So my water feature should be okay plugged into it ? It’s a double socket not a single

 

[Pete999]

So my water feature should be okay plugged into it ? It’s a double socket not a single

Change of cable size should in all honesty be fused down via a FCU in my opinion.

 

[telectrix]

So my water feature should be okay plugged into it ? It’s a double socket not a single

it will be fine. as pete says, really should be fused down, but as long as you don'tplug in any large loads. no problem.

 

[pc1966]

1.5mm feeding a single socket is perfectly OK as the 13A plug is always below its rating.

If it is a double socket than as Pete999 said it should come off a FCU for protection.