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Post by edward on Jul 20, 2022 21:28:43 GMT
What do I need to consider when getting armoured cable? Our garden is having some work done and it makes sense to lay some underground armoured cable. Will only need to have lighting. Probably 4 lights (one near a small pond). Ideally being able to switch them individually - or perhaps 2 at a time. So I guess I will need a multi-core cable. cheers  |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 20, 2022 21:38:00 GMT
What do I need to consider when getting armoured cable? Our garden is having some work done and it makes sense to lay some underground armoured cable. Will only need to have lighting. Probably 4 lights (one near a small pond). Ideally being able to switch them individually - or perhaps 2 at a time. So I guess I will need a multi-core cable. cheers Who's doing the work? Where does the cable go to? A shed/garage/AC outlet? Will there be a consumer unit? What about future use, will it need to carry more current at some point? |
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Post by edward on Jul 20, 2022 21:42:29 GMT
What do I need to consider when getting armoured cable? Our garden is having some work done and it makes sense to lay some underground armoured cable. Will only need to have lighting. Probably 4 lights (one near a small pond). Ideally being able to switch them individually - or perhaps 2 at a time. So I guess I will need a multi-core cable. cheers Who's doing the work? The garden people will lay the cable and simply loop it at the relevant points. Later on, as part of some house works, the sparky will connect it all up. Will have sufficient to route the cable to the consumer unit. Edit: Oli you seem to have added more whilst I was responding. Cable will go the CU and have it own breaker. Not envisioned to have a shed etc. May wish to have an external power point (for example for lawnmower) so I guess I need to cater for higher current. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 20, 2022 21:44:36 GMT
The garden people will lay the cable and simply loop it at the relevant points. Later on, as part of some house works, the sparky will connect it all up. Will have sufficient to route the cable to the consumer unit. In that case, chat to the sparky you are going to use. Some of them will not use cable they haven't sourced. Sounds daft, but I've seen that happen. |
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Post by edward on Jul 20, 2022 21:47:06 GMT
The garden people will lay the cable and simply loop it at the relevant points. Later on, as part of some house works, the sparky will connect it all up. Will have sufficient to route the cable to the consumer unit. In that case, chat to the sparky you are going to use. Some of them will not use cable they haven't sourced. Sounds daft, but I've seen that happen. No sparky in sight yet. So I guess the question is now "what cable is likely to be acceptable to a reasonable sparky?" |
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