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A friend of mine has an outdoor IP socket that is wired from the garage from a double switch with SWA cable ( red/blue/yellow) that goes to a metal conduit junction box with relevant glands fitted in the garden. A cable then goes out of the 2 way box to 7 outdoor lights. One switch in the garage for the socket which powers a plugged pond pump the other switches the spots on. Next to the double switch is a 3 way fused socket on one side and the other a single switch fcu for the double switch. All 3 seem to be connected to the house ring MCB as when you switch off the garage MCB the spots still light up. At this point i will add that the IP socket has been lying on the ground under rocks and was pretty damp when i uncovered it including the plug inside the IP socket. I dried out the socket as much as i could. Here's where the problems start. When you switch only the outside spots on its fine. When you switch on the socket on its own or with the lights, after approx 5 secs it trips the RCD even with nothing plugged into the socket. Do you think damp may still be the issue here? I also noticed that the flex going into some of the spots is cracked, that could also be an issue. He has had the pond and lights working for 5 years up to this point and this problem only started 3 months ago so there is signs of wear and tear somewhere. Any help would be appreciated. thanks
